June 8 – A mob of the ruling party, the Family Compact, destroy the Colonial Advocate's press at York. Wilton, Carol. ^[2] William Lyon Mackenzie, publisher, prosecutes and is awarded £625 in damages.
September 21 – Construction of the Rideau Canal begins.

Births

March 10 – Louis-Ovide Brunet, priest and botanist (died 1876)
March 17 – Alexander Morris, politician, Minister and 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 1889)
June 11 – James Colledge Pope, politician and 5th Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1885)
June 21 – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada (died 1902)
June 23 – Louis Babel, priest (d. 1912)
June 29 – Robert Christie, Ontario businessman and politician (died 1914)
July 21 – Hugh Richardson, jurist (died 1913)
August 25 – Hector-Louis Langevin, lawyer, politician and a Father of Confederation (died 1906)
September 17 – Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion, journalist and politician (died 1866)

Deaths

Web site: King George IV . 18 April 2016 . Official website of the British monarchy.
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