1706 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1706 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV^[1]
• English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: Anne^[2]

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil^[3]
• Governor of Acadia: Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan then Daniel d'Auger de Subercase^[4]
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville^[5]
• Governor of Plaisance: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase then Philippe Pastour de Costebelle^[6]

Events

• In 1706, the census of New France was 16,417.^[7]

Births

• February 2, 1706: Claude-Godefroy Coquart, missionary (died 1765)^{[8] [9] [10]}
• August 21, 1706: Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville, French Jesuit and amateur botanist (died 1757)^{[11] [12]}
• James Abercrombie, British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War (died 1781)

Deaths

• July 9, 1706: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville: Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana (born 1661).
• October 11, 1706: Marguerite Bourdon (religious order name, Mother Saint-Jean-Baptiste): one of the foundresses of the Hôpital Général in Quebec; known for her work with the poor (born October 12, 1642).^[13]
• November 25, Jacques Le Ber merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715): An Overview University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences . 2023-02-07 . history.as.uky.edu.
2. Emson . H. E. . 1992 . For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne . 29715689 . BMJ: British Medical Journal . 304 . 6838 . 1365–1366 . 0959-8138.
3. Web site: BAnQ numérique . 2023-02-07 . numerique.banq.qc.ca . fr.
4. Web site: Biography – Auger de Subercase, Daniel D' – Volume II (1701–1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-07 . www.biographi.ca.
5. Web site: Government House Table of Contents . 2023-02-07 . www.heritage.nf.ca.
6. Web site: Biography – Pastour de Costebelle, Philippe – Volume II (1701–1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-07 . www.biographi.ca.
7. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/98-187-x/4198820-eng.pdf Statistics of Canada, Fourth Volume
8. Web site: Biography – Coquart, Claude-Godefroy – Volume III (1741–1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-07 . www.biographi.ca.
9. Claude-Godefroi Coquart . 4 . Spillane . Edward Peter . 1.
10. Web site: Catholic Encyclopedia: Claude-Goefroi Coquart . 2023-02-07 . www.newadvent.org.
11. Web site: Incarville, Pierre Nicolas le Chéron d' (1706-1757). Natural History Museum . 2023-02-07 . JSTOR Global Plants.
12. Web site: Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries . 2023-02-07 . kiki.huh.harvard.edu . en.
13. Web site: Biography – Bourdon, Marguerite, de Saint-Jean-Baptiste – Volume II (1701–1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography.