1864 in Canada
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| Years in Canada: | 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s |
| Years: | 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 |
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Events from the year 1864 in Canada.
Events
- June 29 - A train of newly arrived immigrants fails to stop at the open swing span near Beloeil, Canada East. The Grand Trunk Railway train runs into the Richelieu River, killing 99.
- June 30 - Macdonald-Cartier "Great Coalition" government formed.
- July 18 - North-South negotiations begin at Niagara Falls, New York
- September 1-September 9: Charlottetown Conference, noted as the first step towards Confederation[1]
- September 19 - Confederate agents use Canada as base for attempt to free Confederate prisoners of war on Johnson Island in Lake Erie.
- October 10-October 27: Quebec Conference,[2] identified 72 resolutions for the British North America Act
- October 19 - St. Albans Raid.[3]
Births
- February 15[4] - William Howard Hearst, politician and 7th Premier of Ontario (died 1941)
- March 31 - J. J. Kelso,[5] journalist and social activist (died 1935)
- July 27 - Ernest Howard Armstrong, journalist, politician and Premier of Manitoba (died 1946)
- October 3 - William Robson, politician (died 1941)
- October 8 - Ozias Leduc,[6] painter (died 1955)
- November 9 - James Alexander Murray, politician and Premier of New Brunswick (died 1960)
- November 24[7] - John Wesley Brien, physician and politician (died 1949)
- December 14 - Henry Edgarton Allen, politician
Deaths
- February 20 - Rose Fortune,[8] entrepreneur (born 1774)
- February 26 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, politician (born 1807)
- April 29 - Abraham Pineo Gesner, physician and surgeon, geologist, and inventor (born 1797)
References
- ^ "Birthplace of Confederation:The 1864 Charlottetown Conference". Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "The Quebec Conference, October 1864". Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "The St, Albans Raid". Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "William Howard Hearst". Mount Pleasant Group. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "John Joseph Kelso". Canada Channel. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Ozias Leduc". Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Parliament of Canada". Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Rose Fortune-The Canadian Encyclopedia". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
