1728 in Canada
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Events from the year 1728 in Canada.
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Events [edit]
- Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye was appointed commandant of the French posts on the north shore of Lake Superior and stationed at Fort Kaministiquia
- Vitus Bering sails through the Bering Strait.
Births [edit]
- November 7 [O.S. October 27] - James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (died 1779)
Full date unknown [edit]
- Samuel Holland, army officer, military engineer, surveyor, office holder, politician, and landowner (died 1801)
Deaths [edit]
- February 20 - J Raudot, Intendant of New France (born 1638)
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