1802 in Canada

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Events from the year 1802 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George III ^[1]

Federal government

• Parliament of Lower Canada: 3rd
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 3rd

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
• Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Charles Morice Pole
• Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning

Events

• The Tlingit start resisting Russian incursions into their territory.
• First Nations massacre Russians at Old Sitka; only a few survive.
• Alexander Mackenzie is knighted for his efforts in 1802 and becomes a member of the XY Company.
• Saint Mary's University is founded at Halifax.

Births

Samuel Bealey Harrison

• January 9 – Catharine Parr Traill, writer (d.1899) ^[2]
• March 4 – Samuel Harrison, farmer, lawyer, mill owner, politician, judge and 1st Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (d.1867)
• May 2 – Étienne Parent, journalist (d.1874)
• July 9 – Edmond Baird, cabinet-maker and upholsterer (d.1859)
• October 31 – Charles Dickson Archibald, lawyer, businessman and politician (d.1868)

Full date unknown

• Henry Sherwood, lawyer, local politician and 4th Premier of Canada West (d.1855)

Deaths

• April 3 – Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave, soldier, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada (b. 1727)

References

1. "George III". Official website of the British monarchy. Royal Household. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
2. "Catharine Parr Traill | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.