1708 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1708 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch

Louis XIV^[1]

• British and Irish Monarch

Anne^[2]

Governors

• Governor General of New France

Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil^[3]

• Governor of Acadia

Daniel d'Auger de Subercase^[4]

• Colonial Governor of Louisiana

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville^[5]

• Governor of Plaisance

Philippe Pastour de Costebelle^[6]

Births

• Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye born December 6 of this year. Already in ill health, he died while travelling from Fort Maurepas (Canada) on the Red River to Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods. He was buried near the junction of the Red and Roseau rivers (died 1736).^[7]

Deaths

• May 6 - François de Laval, 1st Bishop of Quebec (born 1623)^[8]

Historical documents

"Canada Survey'd, or the French Dominions upon the Continent of America briefly considered in their situation, strength, trade and number"^[9]

Two descriptions of the capture of St. John's, Newfoundland by the French^[10]

"This nott more than 3 minutes after ye first musquetts firing" - Fall of Fort William at St. John's to French, Canadian and Indigenous force^[11]

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 . 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 – PASTOUR DE COSTEBELLE, PHILIPPE – 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 – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D’ – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-07 . www.biographi.ca.
7. Web site: Biography – DUFROST DE LA JEMERAIS, CHRISTOPHE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
8. Web site: François de Montmorency Laval French bishop Britannica . 2023-02-08 . www.britannica.com . en.
9. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol24/pp40-56 "Canada Survey'd, or the French Dominions upon the Continent of America briefly considered in their situation, strength, trade and number, more particularly how vastly prejudiciall they are to the British interest, and a method proposed of easily removing them"
10. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp293-310 "528. Lord Dartmouth to the Council of Trade and Plantations: 528. iii. George Vane to Lord Dartmouth. Aug. 2, 1710; 528 iv. Extracts of letters from Mr. John Collins to his brother, Edwd. Collins, Minister of Wimbledon, Surrey. (a) St. Johns, July 16, 1709"
11. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp68-84 "190 i Narrative of the state of Fort William and the surprise thereof"