1729 in Canada
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Events from the year 1729 in Canada.
Incumbents
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[edit ]Events
[edit ]- La Vérendrye became first commandant of the Posts of the West. He was posted to Fort Kaministiquia in this year and began the western expansion in 1731.
- Natchez attacked French Fort Rosalie and French settlements nearby after the French commander of the fort, Sieur Chepart, ordered them to abandon their village of White Apple. The Natchez wiped out the entire settlement and captured Fort Rosalie. In 1730 and 1731 the French, aided by the Choctaw, launched two counterattacks out of New Orleans, capturing and selling into plantation slavery most of the tribe and its smaller allies. A few bands found refuge among the Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee.
Births
[edit ]- Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, governor of Cape Breton.[3]
Deaths
[edit ]- Jean-François Du Verger de Verville, designer of the Fortress of Louisbourg.[4]
References
[edit ]- ↑ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ↑ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "DesBarres, Joseph Frederick Wallet" Archived 2016年03月04日 at the Wayback Machine . The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "Verville, Jean-François Du Verger de" Archived 2016年03月04日 at the Wayback Machine . The Canadian Encyclopedia.