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1791–95 – British Captain George Vancouver explores Northwest Coast exhaustively with two ships, but finds no Northwest Passage.; Edmund Burke supports the proposed constitution for Canada, saying that: "To attempt to amalgamate two populations, composed of races of men diverse in language, laws and habitudes, is a complete absurdity.
Vincent Ogé (c. 1757 – 6 February 1791) was a Creole [1] revolutionary, merchant, military officer and goldsmith who had a leading role in a failed uprising against French colonial rule in the colony of Saint-Domingue in 1790.
[25] [26] The 24-hour notation is shorter, removes the potential for confusing the first and second halves of the day especially visible at midnight (00:00 or 24:00, 12:00 a.m.) and noon (12:00, 12:00 p.m.), and is language-neutral. [27] English speakers use both the 24- and 12-hour clocks.
1791 establishments in Canada (1 C, 3 P) L. 1791 in Lower Canada (1 C) Pages in category "1791 in Canada" ... This page was last edited on 23 May 2023, at 21:55 (UTC).
1792 - The first session of the Parliament of Lower Canada opens on December 17. 1792 - On December 18, Jean-Antoine Panet is elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. 1792 - Opening of the first post office in Montreal on December 20. 1793 - Language debate at the Legislative Assembly of Quebec on January 21.
Many gens de couleur, the affranchis (ex-slaves) and Creole residents of the colony whose rights were restored by the French National Convention as part of the decree of 15 May 1792, asserted that they could form the military backbone of Republican Saint-Domingue; Sonthonax rejected this view as outdated in the wake of the August 1791 slave ...
January 25 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. February 8 – The Bank of the United States , based in Philadelphia, is incorporated by the federal government with a 20-year charter and started with $10,000,000 capital.
May 31 – March 24, 1757 Joseph-Hyacinthe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil; March 24, 1757 – July 30, 1762 Philippe-François Bart; July 30, 1762 – March 7, 1763 Gabriel de Bory de Saint-Vincent; March 7, 1763 – August 4, 1763 Armand, vicomte de Belzunce; August 4, 1763 – April 23, 1764 Pierre-André de Gohin, comte de Montreuil (acting)