Events from the year 1750 in Canada.
Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George II
Governors Governor General of New France: Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial Governor of Nova Scotia: Edward Cornwallis Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Francis William Drake
Events 1750s: Hudson's Bay Company Saskatchewan River region, reached by trade drummers sent out with goods to tempt the Indians to York. c. 1750: The Ojibwa begin to emerge as a distinct tribal amalgamation of smaller independent bands. German immigrants begin to arrive in numbers at Halifax. Hidatsa villages, site of ancient trading fair, now with both French and Hudson's Bay representatives present each summer.
Births James Glenie, army officer, military engineer, businessman, office holder, and politician (d.1817) Simon McTavish, fur trader and dealer in furs, militia officer, office holder, landowner, seigneur, and businessman (d.1804)
Deaths October 14: Richard Philipps, military officer, governor of Nova Scotia (b.1661)
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