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Birth — 1740 6 December 1740 Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France
1763 Marriage / Partner Madeleine VERMET and Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT 14 November 1763, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)
She was 22 years old.
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1778 Birth of Child Elisabeth BOURGAULT was born 1 October 1778, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)
Madeleine
VERMET
Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT
Birth — 1740
1763 Marriage / Partner
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
1818 Death of Child
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