1868 in Canada

1868 in Canada

"See also:"
1867 in Canada,
other events of 1868,
1869 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Events

* April 7 - Father of Confederation Thomas D'Arcy McGee is assassinated in Ottawa by Irish Fenians.
* Louis Riel returns to the Red River area
* The Hudson's Bay Company agrees to turn Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory over to Canada
* The first Federal Militia Act is passed, creating a Canadian army

Births

* January 16 - Octavia Ritchie, first woman to receive a medical degree in Quebec [http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006850]
* February 16 - John B. M. Baxter, Premier of New Brunswick
* March 14 - Emily Murphy, judge
* April 27 - James Kidd Flemming, Premier of New Brunswick
* May 31 - Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Governor General
* July 8 - Henry Cockshutt, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* July 9 - William Alves Boys, politician
* August 25 - Arthur Puttee, politician
* August 26 - Charles Stewart, Premier of Alberta
* September 1 - Henri Bourassa, Quebec nationalist
* September 22 - Louise McKinney, feminist
* September 28 - Herbert Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* November 9 - Marie Dressler, actress
* December 11 - William Parks, geologist

Deaths

* April 7 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Father of Confederation
* October 17 - Laura Secord, patriot


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