1704 in Canada

Events from the year 1704 in Canada.


1704
in
Canada

Decades:
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
See also:

Incumbents

Governors

Events

  • French destroy the English settlement at Bonavista, Newfoundland.[7]

Historical documents

Massachusetts governor gives details of French and Indigenous attacks planned for Connecticut River and Maine and his attack on Acadia.[8]

Account of a Massachusetts boy abducted by French and Indigenous raiders.[9]

Massachusetts correspondent on huge benefit France has from commercial ascendancy and number of seamen in its Newfoundland fishery.[10]

During war with France, defending St. John's complicated by soldier disorder and desertions and limited support from outports.[11]

References

  1. "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences". history.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  2. Emson, H. E. (1992). "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 304 (6838): 1365–1366. ISSN 0959-8138.
  3. "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  4. "Biography – MONBETON DE BROUILLAN, JACQUES-FRANÇOIS DE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  5. "Government House Table of Contents". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  6. "Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D' – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  7. "War of the Spanish Succession | the Canadian Encyclopedia".
  8. "455. Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (July 13, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
  9. George Sheldon (ed.), What Befell Stephen Williams in His Captivity (Deerfield, Mass.: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1889). Accessed 6 October 2017
  10. "69. i. Reflections on the present settlement of Newfoundland" (Peter (?) Webber, Barnstable, Mass. to Council of Trade and Plantations, February 5, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
  11. "2. i. Capt. Richards to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 3, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
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