
1818 - 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 England

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - 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

1873 - November 7 -
Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1878 - October 17 -
John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 188228 January 1882
Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 78.
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