1714 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1714 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch

Louis XIV^[1]

• British and Irish Monarch

Anne (died August 1),^[2] George I (starting August 1)^[3]

Governors

• Governor General of New France

Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil

• Colonial Governor of Louisiana

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac

• Governor of Nova Scotia

Francis Nicholson

• Governor of Placentia

John Moody

Births

• December 1 - Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye, explorer (died 1755)^[4]

Deaths

• October 3 - Jeanne Le Ber, religious recluse (born 1662)^[5]
• August - Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste, military (born 1663)^[6]

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. Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, . Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
4. Gaultier De La Verendrye de Boumois, Pierre . Antoine . Champagne . 3 .
5. Le Ber, Jeanne. Jaenen. C.J.. 2.
6. Maisonnat, Baptiste, Pierre . W. Austin . Squires . 2 .