Events from the year 1709 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • French Monarch: Louis XIV
  • British and Irish Monarch: Anne

Governors

  • Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
  • Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase
  • Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
  • Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle

Events

  • In New France, slavery becomes legal.

Births

  • September 7 <small>(O.S. September 18</small> - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784)
  • September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772)

Deaths

  • August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616)
  • September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632)

References