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Events from the year 1745 in Canada.
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edit- 16 June 1745 - After a six-week siege, the French fort of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island falls to the British colonial forces from New England organized by Governor William Shirley. This intensifies hostilities in what is known as King George's War, an extension of the European War of the Austrian Succession. The English go on to make new conquests from the French in the West Indies.
Births
edit- Samuel Hearne, explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist (died 1792)
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Historical documents
editPamphlet (written in January 1745) argues that Île-Royale must be captured to protect valuable fishery in Newfoundland[3]
Rising British Army officer says few provisions, little gunpowder, poor discipline and leadership, and exposed defences make Louisbourg vulnerable[4]
Massachusetts government moves (relatively) quickly to mount military expedition to take Louisbourg and Île-Royale[5]
Siege of Louisbourg ends with French defenders and British invaders agreeing to capitulation and transfer of French to France at British expense[6]
Governor William Shirley sends report and journal of Louisbourg siege, including details of soldiers' extremely heavy labour[7]
"God fought for us" - Sermon crediting Providence for so many advantages of preparation, execution and luck leading to fall of Louisbourg[8]
Photo: Monument erected by Society of Colonial Wars to the memory of New England soldiers killed at Louisbourg during siege of 1745[9]
During siege, whaleboats were loaded with ladders and 500 soldiers and marines to take Louisbourg's Island Battery, but fog prevented attempt[10]
"After a Dance this Day, they fell upon him" - Report of torture killing of British soldier captured near Louisbourg[11]
"The Inhabitants were strangely surpris'd" - fire ship loaded with gunpowder used to damage King's Gate and other structures in Louisbourg[12]
"A great deal of ill usage" - Reports of local Indigenous people being abused by British authorities after siege (Note: "savages" used)[13]
Loss of Louisbourg eliminates France's benefit from rich North American fishery trade to Catholic Europe (Note: "savages" used)[14]
Nova Scotia Council president Mascarene assures Acadians that none who are of mixed European and Indigenous origin will be scalped[15]
Acadians supplying provisions to occupied Louisbourg threatened by its local Indigenous people, but those in Nova Scotia want peace[16]
Council advised from Chignecto that Jean-Louis Le Loutre has arrived there from Quebec "with presents for the Indians"[17]
Mascarene sternly cautions Acadians for seeking Le Loutre's permission to supply Annapolis, and then letting "11 or 12 Indians" stop them[18]
Uncooperative and hostile actions of Acadians (listed from 1710) make them, if not "utter Enemies," then "unprofitable Inhabitants"[19]
Quebec leaders report almost all Acadians desire "French Dominion" while amassing money as "a resource for an evil day"[20]
Joseph Robson investigates lower Nelson River for its usefulness to Hudson's Bay Company[21]
Joseph Robson's argument for building Hudson's Bay Company forts of stone, not wood[22]
Map of New France covers from Grand Banks to Pays d'en Haut to Baffin Bay[23]
English translation of Alain-René Lesage's fictionalized version of Canadian soldier/adventurer Beauchêne's exploits is published in London[24]
References
edit- ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Considerations on the State of the British Fisheries in America (1745). Accessed 14 October 2021
- ^ Bradstreet account Louisbourg Journals, 1745 (1932), pgs. 171-8. Accessed 18 October 2021
- ^ "About the Middle of January 1744/5" Memoirs of the Principal Transactions of the Last War between the English and French in North America (1757), pgs. 35-40. Accessed 14 October 2021
- ^ James Gibson, "Saturday 15" and "Sunday 16 [June]," A Journal of the Late Siege[...]against The French at Cape Breton[....] (1745), pgs. 34-5. (Surrender ceremony is held "with all the Decency and Decorum imaginable," but on arrival in France, British are imprisoned and mistreated) Accessed 14 October 2021
- ^ A Letter from William Shirley, Esq.(...)to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle(....) (1746), pgs. 8 and 23-4. (See soldiers' "Hardships and Dangers" linked to Bible verses in thanksgiving sermon) Accessed 14 October 2021
- ^ Charles Chauncy, "I scarce know of a Conquest" Marvellous Things Done by the Right Hand and Holy Arm of God[....] (1745), pgs. 12-19. Accessed 14 October 2021
- ^ Postcard (20th century), Centre des études acadiennes; McCord Museum. Accessed 18 October 2021
- ^ James Gibson, "Thursday 23 [May]," A Journal of the Late Siege[...]against The French at Cape Breton[....] (1745), pg. 20. (Four days later, assault on Island Battery fails) Accessed 14 October 2021
- ^ James Gibson, "Sunday 26 [May]," A Journal of the Late Siege[...]against The French at Cape Breton[....] (1745), pgs. 22-3. Accessed 14 October 2021
- ^ James Gibson, "Dedication" (July 3, 1745), A Journal of the Late Siege[...]against The French at Cape Breton[....] (1745), pgs. vi-vii Accessed 13 October 2021
- ^ "In the month of July, 1745" An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets[....] (1758), pgs. 64-6. Accessed 14 October 2021
- ^ "A Computation of the French Fishery(...) An Accurate Journal and Account of the Proceedings of the New-England Land-Forces During the Late Expedition Against the French Settlements on Cape Breton[....] (1746), pgs. 27-40. Accessed 15 October 2021
- ^ Counsel meeting (January 4, 1745), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 54-6. Accessed 15 October 2021
- ^ Council meeting (August 20, 1745), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 76-7. (See peace proposals) Accessed 18 October 2021
- ^ Counsel meeting (October 28, 1745), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pg. 79. (See minutes of next meeting (same page) for details) Accessed 18 October 2021
- ^ "Govr. Mascarene to Deputies of Mines" (October 28, 1745), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 160-1. Accessed 18 October 2021
- ^ "Representation of the State of His Majesties Province of Nova Scotia" (November 8, 1745), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 80-4. Accessed 18 October 2021
- ^ "From a letter of Messrs. DeBeauharnois and Hocquart to Count DeMaurepas" (September 12, 1745), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 157-8. Accessed 18 October 2021
- ^ Joseph Robson, "In this interval of leisure" An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay (1759), pgs. 24-6. (See details in "The Soundings of Nelson-River") Accessed 19 October 2021
- ^ Joseph Robson, "In the year 1745 I wrote a letter to the Company" An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay (1759), pgs. 32-4. Accessed 19 October 2021
- ^ Guillaume de L'Isle, "Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des Découvertes qui y ont été faites Dressée sur plusieurs Observations et sur un grand nombre de Relations imprimées ou manuscrites, 1745" McCord Museum. Accessed 18 October 2021
- ^ The Adventures of Robert Chevalier, Call'd De Beauchene; Captain of a Privateer in New-France (1745). Accessed 4 October 2021