1880 in Canada

1880
in
Canada

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Events from the year 1880 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Lieutenant governors

Events

Full date unknown

Arts and literature

  • March 6 – The Royal Academy for the Arts is founded.

New books

Births

Deaths

Historical documents

Statute creates Canadian Pacific Railway as government-supported private company for benefit of B.C. and N.W.T.

Chief Ocean Man and another Nakoda (Stoney) describe attack on their people by Gros Ventre and Mandan from U.S. side of border

British order-in-council transfers Arctic islands to Dominion of Canada

Editorial on complaints of French-Canadians

Walt Whitman calls Thousand Islands most beautiful place on Earth

To avoid bankruptcy caused by westward expansion, Canada must declare independence

Britain gifts part of HMS Resolute to U.S. for saving that Arctic exploration ship

Painting: Trapper approaches animal caught in leghold trap


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