1704 in Canada

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1704
in
Canada

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1704 in Canada.

Incumbents[edit]

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

  • French destroy the English settlement at Bonavista, Newfoundland.[7]

Historical documents[edit]

Massachusetts governor gives details of French and Indigenous attacks planned for Connecticut River and Maine and his attack on Acadia.[8]

Account of a Massachusetts boy abducted by French and Indigenous raiders.[9]

Massachusetts correspondent on huge benefit France has from commercial ascendancy and number of seamen in its Newfoundland fishery.[10]

During war with France, defending St. John's complicated by soldier disorder and desertions and limited support from outports.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences". history.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  2. ^ Emson, H. E. (1992). "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 304 (6838): 1365–1366. ISSN 0959-8138.
  3. ^ "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  4. ^ "Biography – MONBETON DE BROUILLAN, JACQUES-FRANÇOIS DE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  5. ^ "Government House Table of Contents". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  6. ^ "Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D' – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  7. ^ "War of the Spanish Succession | the Canadian Encyclopedia".
  8. ^ "455. Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (July 13, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
  9. ^ George Sheldon (ed.), What Befell Stephen Williams in His Captivity (Deerfield, Mass.: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1889). Accessed 6 October 2017
  10. ^ "69. i. Reflections on the present settlement of Newfoundland" (Peter (?) Webber, Barnstable, Mass. to Council of Trade and Plantations, February 5, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
  11. ^ "2. i. Capt. Richards to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 3, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021