1865 in Canada
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Events from the year1865 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Crown
[edit]Federal government
[edit]Governors
[edit]- Governor General of the Province of Canada—Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland—Anthony Musgrave
- Governor of New Brunswick—Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
- Governor of Nova Scotia—Charles Hastings DoylethenRichard Graves MacDonnellthenSir William Fenwick Williams
- Governor of Prince Edward Island—George Dundas
Premiers
[edit]- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada–
- John Alexander Macdonald,Canada West Premier
- Étienne-Paschal TachéthenNarcisse-Fortunat Belleau,Canada East Premier
- Premier of Newfoundland—Hugh HoylesthenFrederick Carter
- Premiers of New Brunswick—Samuel Leonard TilleythenAlbert James Smith
- Premiers of Nova Scotia–Charles Tupper
- Premier of Prince Edward Island–John Hamilton GraythenJames Colledge Pope
Events
[edit]- February 3 – Legislature approves message to Crown for union ofBritish North Americaprovinces.
- February 20 – The Legislature of theProvince of Canadapasses a motion in favour ofConfederation.
- March 7 –New Brunswickrejects a Confederation scheme.
- March 24 –Macdonald,Brown,Cartier,andGaltappointed to negotiate Confederation in London.
- May 9 –American Civil Warends
- May 10 – AnAdmiraltyletter to theColonial Officerequired colonial warships to "wear aUnion Jackin the usual place, and theWhite Ensign,with either the Arms of the Colony, or such other distinguishing mark as may be chosen by the Colony, and approved by the Colonial Office and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ". This regulation was mainly directed atAustraliaand not applicable to Canada, which had no Navy at that time.
- October 20 – Proclamation ofOttawaas seat of government.
- November 7 –1865 Newfoundland general election
- December 16 – A distinctiveBlue Ensignfor the province of Canada is authorized by the UK secretary of state for the colonies.
- December 22 – Colonial Office Circular notifying revised Admiralty requirements for flags for colonial warships and for other colonial government vessels and requesting correct drawings of seals or badges to be adopted as distinguishing marks.
Births
[edit]- January 7[2]–Lyman Duff,jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (died1955)
- February 10 –Richard Gardiner Willis,politician (died1929)
- February 28 –Wilfred Grenfell,medical missionary (died1940)
- March 15 –Edith Maude Eaton,author (died1914)
- April 10 –Jack Miner,conservationist (died1944)
- May 31 –Clarence Chant,astronomer and physicist (died1956)
- July 16 –George Bowlby,physician and surgeon, military officer, and mayor ofBerlin, Ontario(died1916)
- August 10 –James Wilson Morrice,painter (died1924)
- November 17 –John Stanley Plaskett,astronomer (died1941)
- December 25 –James Breakey,politician (died1952)
- December 30 —Emily Julian McManuspoet, author, and educator (died1918)
Full date unknown
[edit]- James Endicott,church leader and missionary (died1954)
Deaths
[edit]- January 16 –Joseph Cunard,merchant, shipbuilder and politician (born1799)
- July 27 –Augustin-Norbert Morin,lawyer, judge, politician and Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (born1803)
- July 30 –Étienne-Paschal Taché,doctor, politician, and deputy adjutant-general of the militia (born1795)
- August 27 –Thomas Chandler Haliburton,author, judge and politician (born1796)
Historical documents
[edit]Confederation Canadamust be aware of might of United States[3]
U.S. Congress resolves to withdraw fromtreatylimiting navies on Great Lakes[4]
Powerful British MPBenjamin Disraelisays Britain would be foolish to lose Canada[5]
U.S. ambassadorreports British seem less defensive[6]
Governor General orders flags flown at half-mast followingPresident Lincoln's assassination[7]
Arrest on U.S.A.-bound Canadian ship of man ready to kill "Yankees"[8]
Province of Canadalaw requiresprostitutesavailable to sailors and soldiers to report for medical inspection if summoned[9]
References
[edit]- ^"Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia".www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.Retrieved5 December2022.
- ^"The Right Honourable Sir Lyman Poore Duff, P.C., G.C.M.G."Supreme Court of Canada. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-06-06.Retrieved26 April2015.
- ^"The British-American Confederation"The Illustrated London News (February 4, 1865), The Civil War in America from The Illustrated London News. Accessed 20 September 2018
- ^United States Department of State,"Thirty-Eighth Congress, Second Session. Joint Resolution..."Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-Ninth Congress (1865), pg. 164. Accessed 9 September 2018
- ^"Foreign News; Europe"Harper's Weekly; A Journal of Civilization, Vol. IX, Issue 432 (April 8, 1865), pg. 211. Accessed 9 September 2018
- ^United States Department of State,"Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward"Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-Ninth Congress (1865), pg. 262. Accessed 9 September 2018
- ^United States Department of State,"Lord Monck to Sir F. Bruce"Executive Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives, during the First Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, 1865-'66 (1865-1866), pg. 184. Accessed 9 September 2018
- ^"The Case of the Georgian"Northern Advance, Barrie, C.W. (April 26, 1865). Accessed 15 September 2018
- ^"An Act for the prevention of contagious diseases at certain Naval and Military Stations in this Province"No. 220, 4th Session, 8th Parliament (September 4, 1865). Accessed 12 April 2021
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