History and News of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

• 1748 - Seigniory (St. Hyacinthe) Granted Sept. 23, 1748, to Sieur F. Rigaud, seigneur de Vaudreuil
  
• 1772 - Église Saint-Matthieu established at Saint-Hyacinthe
  
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• 1830 - The comté de Saint-Hyacinthe was created in 1830 though people began to settle the area between 1756 and 1779.
  It was part of the district of Montreal and was wedged between the comtés de Richelieu and of Rouville in the north, Shefford in the south and the... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1831 - In 1831, the village of Saint-Hyacinthe had a population of around a thousand people. It contained an important seminary where the sons of some Patriote leaders, including Papineau, studied...
  
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• 1832 - ST. HYACINTHE,
  seigniory, in the co. of St. Hyacinthe, is bounded N.E. by St. Ours, Bourchemin and De Ramsay; S.W. by the aug. to Monnoir and the T. of Farnham;... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1848 - December 26 - Rail - First train runs between Longueuil and St-Hyacinthe, Québec
  
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• 1853 - Cathédrale Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur established at Saint-Hyacinthe
  
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•   1854 - Destructive Fire in Lower Canada
  Montreal, Wednesday, May 17.
  The village of St. Hyacinthe was almost wholly destroyed by fire to-day.
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  May 18, 1854
  
•   1866 - A Noble Act of Heroism
  One night last week while a train on the Grand Trunk line was passing through St. Hyacinthe, C. W., a young gentleman, Mr. Bachand, noticed that a... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1866 - A Canadian Duel
  A Montreal paper gives an account of a duel that recently took place between a lieutenant in a Montreal militia corps and a clerk residing at St.... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1873
  ST. HYACINTHE, a county in the S. part, of Quebec, intersected by the Grand Trunk railway Area 168,123 acres. Capital, St Hyacinthe. Pop. 18,310.... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1873 - Accident on the Grand Trunk
  Friday morning, at 5:30 o'clock, as the Portland express on the Grand Trunk Railway was passing the 27th mile post, near Soixante, the three last... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1876 - PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF A TOWN - SIX HUNDRED BUILDINGS IN ST. HYACINTHE, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, BURNED -LOSS ESTIMATED AT $2,000,000.
  ST. HYACINTHE, Sept. 3. - A fire broke out in the western end of this city at 1:30 P. M. to-day, and , fanned by a high wind, soon totally swept the... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1895 - St Hyacinthe
  ST. HYACINTHE, a county in the south part of Quebec, intersected by the G. T. R., C. P. R., Drummond County and United Counties Rys. Area, 172,823... Read MORE...
  
  
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•   1903 - FIRE DESTROYS 250 HOUSES. One-fourth of the Population of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Left Homeless.
  ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec, May 20.- A fire which started shortly after noon to-day in the shoe factory of the Cote Brothers, destroyed half a dozen... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1906
  Saint Hyacinthe, a city and port of entry of Quebec, capital of the co. of St. Hyacinthe, on the river Yamaska and on the Grand Trunk and other... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1938 - FIRE DEATH TOLL MAY REACH FIFTY. 19 KNOWN DEAD IN SCHOOL RUINS, 26 ON LIST OF 'UNREPORTED.'
  St. Hyacinthe, Que., Jan. 19 (Canadian Press) - Two blackened skulls were found today in the frozen ashes of the burned college of the Sacred Heart,... Read MORE...
  
  
• Saint-Hyacinthe
  Saint-Hyacinthe, Qué, City, pop 51 616 (2006c), 50 394 (2001cA), inc 1857. Saint-Hyacinthe is situated on the St Lawrence River plain on the Yamaska... Read MORE...