Events from the year 1701 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 Full date unknown The Peace of Montreal signed: peace treaty between the Iroquois Confederacy and the French. Considered one of the major events in Canada's history, sometimes called the "great peace." Detroit, Michigan founded as Fort Pontchartrain du détroit by Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac. War of the Spanish Succession begins in Europe; spreads to North America (Queen Anne's War) in 1702.
Births October 15 - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, founder of the "Grey Nuns" order; died 1771; she was beatified in 1959, the first Canadian-born saint.Vatican News.
Deaths April 4 - Guillaume Couture, diplomat in New France (born 1618).
See also List of years in Canada
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