1740 in Canada
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Years in Canada: | 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s |
Years: | 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 |
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Events from the year 1740 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Paul Mascarene
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Henry Medley
Events
- 1740s: The Mandan Indians west of the Great Lakes begin to trade in horses descended from those brought to Texas by the Spanish. Itinerant Assiniboine Indians bring them from Mandan settlements to their own territories southwest of Lake Winnipeg.
- 1740-1748:[1] The War of the Austrian Succession, with the American counterpart King George's War.
Births
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Deaths
- August 20 : François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière, bishop of Quebec (b. 1711).
References
- ^ "Encyclopædia Britannica:War of the Austrian Succession", War of the Austrian Succession, Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 25 March 2015