On This Day In Canadian History....

1815 - Treaty of Ghent proclaimed at Quebec; end of War of 1812. 

On This Day In Canadian History.... 

1945 - International Women's Day first celebrated on this day in Canada and around the world.

On This Day In Canadian History....         

1842 - Founding of Queen's University in Kingston; first in Ontario.

On This Day In Canadian History....

1617 - Louis Hébert signs agreement to become the first colonist of New France; he is a farmer and apothecary, and will provide herbal medicines to the inhabitants. With his wife, Marie Rollet, and their three children, Guillaume (3 years old), Guillaumette (9 years old), and Anne (14 years old), he left Paris to live in Quebec City. He died there 10 years later because of an injury that occurred when he fell on a patch of ice.

On This Day In Canadian History....  

1648 - Charles Huault de Montmagny convenes first sitting of the Council of New France, in what is now Quebec City