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1755 Marriage / Partner Agathe BEGNIER (BESNIER) and Louis DESMARAIS 27 January 1755 , Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada
1758 Birth of Child Louise-Agathe DESMARAIS was born 30 May 1758, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada
1760 Marriage / Partner Agathe BEGNIER (BESNIER) and Joseph LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN 20 October 1760, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada
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.
1765 Birth of Child Marie-Louise LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN was born 22 August 1765, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada
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.
Agathe
BEGNIER (BESNIER)
Louis DESMARAIS
1755 Marriage / Partner
1758 Birth of Child
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)
1801 Death of Child
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