1709 in Canada
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{{Year in Canada|1709}}
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Events from the year 1709 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XIV{{Cite web |title=The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview {{!}} University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences |url=https://history.as.uky.edu/reign-louis-xiv-1643-1715-overview |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=history.as.uky.edu}}
- British and Irish Monarch: Anne{{Cite journal |last=Emson |first=H. E. |date=1992 |title=For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29715689 |journal=BMJ: British Medical Journal |volume=304 |issue=6838 |pages=1365–1366 |issn=0959-8138}}
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- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil{{Cite web |title=BAnQ numérique |url=http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=numerique.banq.qc.ca |language=fr}}
- Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase{{Cite web |title=Biography – PASTOUR DE COSTEBELLE, PHILIPPE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/pastour_de_costebelle_philippe_2E.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.biographi.ca}}
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville{{Cite web |title=Government House Table of Contents |url=https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/government-house-table-contents.php |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.heritage.nf.ca}}
- Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle
Events
Births
- September 7 (O.S. September 18 - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784){{Cite book |last=Boswell |first=James |url=https://oxfordworldsclassics.com/display/10.1093/owc/9780199540211.001.0001/owc-9780199540211-chapter-1 |title=The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-195632-4 |language=en-US |doi=10.1093/owc/9780199540211.001.0001/owc-9780199540211-chapter-1;jsessionid=489f2be39b2acb7d68e87431087f312d}}
- September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772)
Deaths
- August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616)
- September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632)
Historical documents
Intendant's ordinance proclaims Panis and Blacks who have been purchased are property to be known as slaves (Note: "savages" used)Jacques Raudot, [https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/angelique/archives/colonialcorrespondence/2295en.html "Ordinance relative to slavery in Canada"] (translation; April 13, 1709), Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 19 July 2021
"Inhabitants remaining[...]are in a very bad condition" - Report to Queen Anne of aftermath of French attack on St. John's, Newfoundland[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp34-54 "139 Council of Trade and Plantations to the Queen"] (February 23, 1710). Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
"Rotten and decay'd" - Indigenous spies sent by New York government report Canadian fortifications (except at Quebec City) are poor[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol24/pp408-426 621iv a) and b); Reports of spies returned from Canada] (1709). Accessed 28 January 2021
"So great a plague to all Plantations in America" - New Englanders eager to attack Port Royal and its "nest of spoilers and robbers"[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol24/pp482-503 794; Letter of Governor Dudley et al.] (Boston, October 24, 1709), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709. Accessed 28 January 2021
Inhabitants of Buoys Island (off Ferryland, Newfoundland) get evacuation offer but stay to meet possible third French attackRichard Amiss and 38 others, [https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/petition-richard-amiss-1709.php Petition to Governor Joseph Dudley of Massachusetts] (May 1709). Accessed 28 January 2021
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