1860 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1860 in Canada.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Premiers

Events

Full date unknown

Sport

Births

January to June

July to December

Full date unknown

Deaths

Full date unknown

Historical documents

Escaped slave in Victoria allowed by court to remain, and local paper finds reaction in U.S.A. "blustering," "ridiculous" and "buncombe"[3]

"Pernicious habit" - Letter to the editor (with excerpt from The Lancet) warns against young men and boys smoking[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Queen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 5 December 2022.
  2. Web site: On the Rocks: Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia – Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia . 2009-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070713102225/http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=2197 . 2007-07-13 . dead .
  3. https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist18600927uvic/page/n1/mode/1up "Fugitive Slave Case"
  4. https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2744222 "Excessive Smoking"