1725 in Canada
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Events from the year 1725 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Governors
[edit]- 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
[edit]- August 27 - French ship Chameau sank near Louisbourg.[3]
- 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
[edit]- Juan José Pérez Hernández, naval officer and explorer (died 1775)
References
[edit]- ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^ Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10538. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
- ^ Chameau information, www.wrecksite.eu, retrieved 25 April 2015
