Jean-Baptiste Rousseau was a French playwright and poet, particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
Swansea is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, bounded on the west by the Humber River, on the north by Bloor Street, on the east by High Park and on the south by Lake Ontario. The neighbourhood was originally a separate municipality, the Village of Swansea, which was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1967.
Events from the year 1742 in Canada.
Jean Baptiste Rousseau may refer to:
Events from the year 1736 in Canada.
Chequamegon Bay is an inlet of Lake Superior in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the extreme northern part of Wisconsin.
Michel Cadotte, Kechemeshane in Ojibwe was a Métis fur trader of Ojibwe and French-Canadian descent. He dominated the business in the area of the south shore of Lake Superior.
Rousseau is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the Picard dialect of French. It is used as a proper name and may refer to:
Events from the year 1844 in France.
Events from the year 1820 in France.
Events from the year 1739 in Canada.
Magasin royal was the generic name given to a trading post under the purview of the King of France. The name also applied specifically to two trading posts that were built during the 18th century for French fur trading near the Humber River in the area of present-day Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to Ron Brown, author of From Queenston to Kingston: The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline, the fort was "little more than a log cabin", and archeologists considered it "the first non-aboriginal building in the Toronto area".
Events from the year 1723 in Canada.
Jean-Baptiste is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and may refer to any of the following:
Events from the year 1704 in France.
Baby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Events from the year 1778 in France
Jean Baptiste Rousseau was born in Montreal, when Quebec was a colony of France, but became an influential fur trader, merchant, and translator under British administration of Upper Canada.
Jean-Bonaventure Rousseau was an influential fur trader in New France, and, after its capture by Great Britain, the Province of Canada. His father who also went by the given name Jean, had been a fur trader in the Ohio River valley. His son Jean Baptiste Rousseau started as a fur trader before becoming one of the most important merchants in Upper Canada.
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