Events from the year 1725 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • French Monarch: Louis XV
  • British and Irish Monarch: George I

Governors

  • Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil then Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
  • Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
  • Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Events

  • August 27 - French ship Chameau sank near Louisbourg.
  • Claude-Thomas Dupuy was appointed intendant of New France.
  • Peter the Great sends Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific.
  • 1725-1729 - First Arctic expedition of Vitas Bering.

Births

  • Juan José Pérez Hernández, naval officer and explorer (died 1775)

References