1870 IN CANADA

''See also:''
1869 in Canada,
other events of 1870,
1871 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.
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Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ March 3 - Thomas Scott is executed by Louis Riel's provisional government

★ April 25 - The Red River Rebellion ends as Louis Riel flees to the United States

★ May 12 - The Manitoba Act is passed in parliament

★ May 25-June 7 - The Fenians launch their final attack against Canada, like the others it is unsuccessful

★ July 15 - The Hudson's Bay Company's lands are officially transferred to Canada, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established

★ September 16 - Alfred Boyd becomes the first premier of Manitoba

★ First Dominion of Canada banknote introduced

★ G.E. King elected Premier of New Brunswick

★ At the Battle of Oldman River between the Cree and the Blood 340 are killed

★ George King becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Andrew Wetmore

Births

★ May 21 - Leonard P. D. Tilley, Premier of New Brunswick

★ June 18 - Howard Ferguson, Premier of Ontario

★ July 3 - R.B. Bennett, Prime Minister

★ July 28 - Aubin-Edmond Arsenault, Premier of PEI

★ July 29 - George Dixon, boxer

★ September 7 - James Tompkins, educator

★ October 16 - Wallace Turnbull, engineer

★ November 10 - Harlan Carey Brewster, Premier of British Columbia

★ December 16 - Richard McBride, Premier of British Columbia

★ Thomas Langton Church, politician

Deaths