1711 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1711 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]

• Colonial Governor of Louisiana

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville^[4]

• Governor of Nova Scotia

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

• Governor of Plaisance

Philippe Pastour de Costebelle^[5]

Events

• 1711-13 - Tuscarora War on North Carolina frontier fought between British settlers and Tuscarora Indians. Under the English Col. John Barnwell, then Col. James Moore, the Tuscarora Nation was repeatedly attacked, its chiefs tortured, its people sold (10 pounds sterling each) into slavery. The survivors fled northward and settled among the Haudenosee (Iroquois) 5 Nations.^[6]

Births

• June 8  - Charles Morris, Canadian judge (d. 1781)^[7]
• June 16  - François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière, bishop of Quebec (died 1740), born in Grenoble, France.^[8]
• August 19  - Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu, Canadian officer during the Seven Years' War (d. 1755)^[9]

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: Government House Table of Contents . 2023-02-07 . www.heritage.nf.ca.
5. Web site: Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D’ – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-07 . www.biographi.ca.
6. Esterline . Matthew Cameron . 2014 . For the Men on the Ground : An Examination of the Tuscaroras-Colonial Relations in North Carolina before and during the Tuscarora War . en.
7. Web site: Biography – MORRIS, CHARLES (1711-81) – Volume IV (1771-1800) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-21 . www.biographi.ca.
8. Web site: Biography – POURROY DE LAUBERIVIÈRE, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS DE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-21 . www.biographi.ca.
9. Web site: Biography – LIÉNARD DE BEAUJEU, DANIEL-HYACINTHE-MARIE – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-21 . www.biographi.ca.