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==Arts and literature== | ==Arts and literature== | ||
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*''A General Description of Nova Scotia'', [[Thomas Chandler Haliburton]] his first work | *''A General Description of Nova Scotia'', [[Thomas Chandler Haliburton]] his first work | ||
*[[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s first volume of his Leatherstocking series published in United States. | *[[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s first volume of his Leatherstocking series published in United States. | ||
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*November 10 – [[Thomas Arkell]], politician, farmer and [[grain trade|grain merchant]] (died [[1906 in Canada|1906]]) | *November 10 – [[Thomas Arkell]], politician, farmer and [[grain trade|grain merchant]] (died [[1906 in Canada|1906]]) | ||
*December 27 – [[Mackenzie Bowell]], politician and 5th [[Prime Minister of Canada]], Born in [[Rickinghall]], [[England]]. (died [[1917 in Canada|1917]]) | *December 27 – [[Mackenzie Bowell]], politician and 5th [[Prime Minister of Canada]], Born in [[Rickinghall]], [[England]]. (died [[1917 in Canada|1917]]) | ||
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[[Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada]] | [[Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada]] | ||
[[Category:1823 in North America]] | [[Category:1823 in North America]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 28 June 2025
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Template:Year in Canada Template:History of Canada Events from the year 1823 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
- Governor of New Brunswick: George Stracey Smyth
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Coape Sherbrooke
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Goodwin Keats
- Governor of Prince Edward Island: Charles Douglass Smith
Events
- May 10 – Louis-Joseph Papineau and John Neilson are in London to present a petition of 60,000 signatures against favouring Union of the colonies
- October 14 – At a meeting, in Montreal, Mr. (afterwards Sir) James Stuart favors Union.
Full date unknown
- Shanawdithit, the last known Beothuk is found
- British expedition up the St. Clair River; site of Corunna surveyed as a potential capital for Upper Canada
- Smiths Falls, Ontario is founded
- Ward Chipman replaces George Stracey Smyth as Governor of New Brunswick
- Peter Robinson organizes land settlements of Irish Catholics to Carelton and Lanark County, Ontario
Arts and literature
New books
- A General Description of Nova Scotia, Thomas Chandler Haliburton his first work
- James Fenimore Cooper's first volume of his Leatherstocking series published in United States.
Births
- February 24 – William Murdoch, poet (died 1887)
- March 30 – James Cox Aikins, politician, Minister and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (died 1904)
- April 29 – Hart Massey, businessman and philanthropist (died 1896)[2]
- June 2 – Gédéon Ouimet, politician and 2nd Premier of Quebec (died 1905)
- June 13 – David Breakenridge Read, lawyer and 14th Mayor of Toronto (died 1904)
- June 17 – Henri Faraud, Roman Catholic bishop (died 1890)
- July 23 – Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, author and Archbishop (died 1894)
- August 13 – Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist (died 1910)
- October 16 – Marc-Aurèle Plamondon, lawyer, journalist, publisher, and judge (died 1900)
- November 10 – Thomas Arkell, politician, farmer and grain merchant (died 1906)
- December 27 – Mackenzie Bowell, politician and 5th Prime Minister of Canada, Born in Rickinghall, England. (died 1917)
References
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