Events from the year 1728 in Canada.
Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George II
Governors Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Étienne Perier Governor of Nova Scotia: Lawrence Armstrong Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Events Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye was appointed commandant of the French posts on the north shore of Lake Superior and stationed at Fort Kaministiquia. Vitus Bering sails through the Bering Strait.
Births - James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (died 1779) Samuel Holland, army officer, military engineer, surveyor, office holder, politician, and landowner (died 1801)
Deaths February 20 - J Raudot, Intendant of New France (born 1638)
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