1899 in Canada
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Events from the year 1899 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- January 20 - About 2000 Doukhobors arrive in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- June 21 - Treaty No. 8 cedes much of northern Alberta to the federal government
- July 5 - Brandon, Manitoba housemaid Hilda Blake shoots her mistress twice; the first shot misses, but the second bullet pierces the mistress's right lung.
- September 18 - The new City Hall building opens in Toronto.
- September 19 - A rock slide in Quebec City kills 45
- October 4 - First Canadian troops sent to an overseas war (Boer War)
- October 18 - Henri Bourassa resigns from cabinet to protest Canada's intervention in the Boer War
- October 21 - George William Ross becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Arthur S. Hardy
- October 30 - Second Boer War: The first Canadian troops arrive in South Africa
- November 4 - The fourth election of the North-West Legislative Assembly
[edit] Arts and literature
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[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- January 5 - Hugh John Flemming, politician and 24th Premier of New Brunswick (d.1982)
- January 6 - Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté, composer
- February 27 - Charles Best, medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin (d.1978)
- May 14 - K. C. Irving, entrepreneur and industrialist (d.1992)
- May 26 - Antonio Barrette, politician and 18th Premier of Quebec (d.1968)
- May 27 - Dov Yosef, Canadian-born Israeli politician and statesman (d.1980)
[edit] July to December
- July 24 - Dan George, actor and author (d.1981)
- August 1 - F. R. Scott, poet, intellectual and constitutional expert (d.1985)
- October 2 - Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist (d.1987)
- October 3 - Adrien Arcand, journalist and fascist (d.1967)
- November 5 - Gilbert Layton, businessman and politician (d.1961)
- November 10 - Billy Boucher, ice hockey player (d.1958)
- November 17 - Douglas Shearer, sound designer and recording director (d.1971)
- November 30 - Edna Diefenbaker, first wife of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (d.1951)
- December 24 - William Van Steenburgh, scientist
[edit] Deaths
- February 10 - Archibald Lampman, poet (b.1861)
- April 29 - George Frederick Baird, politician and lawyer (b.1851)
- July 31 - James David Edgar, politician (b.1841)
- August 29 - Catharine Parr Traill, writer (b.1802)
- October 25
- Grant Allen, science writer, author and novelist (b.1848)
- Peter Mitchell, politician, Minister and a Father of Confederation (b.1824)
- November 19 - John William Dawson, geologist and university administrator (b.1820)
- December 13
- George Airey Kirkpatrick, politician (b.1841)
- Lucius Richard O'Brien, painter (b.1832)