The following events occurred in Canada in the year 1720.
Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George IGibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, . Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
Governors Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Events 1720-60 - The Chickasaw fight the French and the Choctaw in the Southeast. c. 1720: French forts along the Mississippi River spread northward from New Orleans. To compensate for their loss, the French build a fortress at Louisbourg on the southeast tip of Cape Breton Island. References