Events from the year 1700 in Canada.
Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XIV English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: William III
Governors Governor General of New France: Louis-Hector de Callière Governor of Acadia: Claude-Sébastien de Villieu Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Sauvolle Governor of Plaisance: Joseph de Monic
Events January 26, 1700- The Cascadia earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes on record, ruptures the Cascadia subduction zone offshore from Vancouver Island to northern California, creating a tsunami that wiped out the winter village of Pachena Bay leaving no survivors.
Full date unknown By now, it is clear that New France is not going to be self-sufficient. Population of Acadia is 1,400. Sir Stephen Evans is Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company between the years 1700 to 1712.
Births June 17 - François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, explorer and soldier. (died 1736)
Full date unknown Joseph Adams, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. (died 1737)
Deaths January 12 - Marguerite Bourgeoys (born Troyes, France on April 17, 1620), a first school teacher in Montreal and founder of the congregation of Notre Dame (the first order of uncloistered nuns in North America).
Full date unknown Louis Jolliet was one of the first people of European descent born in North America to be remembered for significant discoveries. (born 1645)
See also List of years in Canada
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