Louise
PATENAUDE
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Birth — 1780
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1799 Marriage / Partner1806 Birth of Child1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 Marriage of Child1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England) 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
1853 Death of Spouse/Partner1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Death — 1870View charts and other tools for this ancestor and family.
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