Events from the year 1861 in Canada .
Incumbents [ edit ] Federal government [ edit ] Governors [ edit ] Premiers [ edit ] April 12 - American Civil War starts April 14 – A major flood hits Montreal April 15 – Nova Scotia : resolution for provincial union by Joseph Howe for referral to the other British North American provinces in July. May 13 – The UK declares its neutrality in American Civil War . June 1 – The UK bans naval craft or privateers of American belligerents from carrying prizes into British ports or territorial waters. November 8 – The Trent Affair : British packet steamer Trent stopped by United States warship in international waters. Two Confederate diplomats taken off and imprisoned in Boston . November 28 – Viscount Monck becomes Governor-General. December 3 – The UK sends reinforcements to British North America . December 23 – The UK demands release of Confederate diplomats taken from Trent . December 26 – Confederate diplomats taken from Trent released. Full date unknown [ edit ] January to June [ edit ] Lomer Gouin July to December [ edit ] July 11 – John Best , politician (died 1923 ) September 5 – Tobias Norris , politician and 10th Premier of Manitoba (died 1936 ) September 18 – Ella Cora Hind , journalist and women's rights activist (died 1942 ) September 19 – Charles Ernest Gault , politician (died 1946 ) October 31 – James Bowman , politician (died 1940 ) November 4 – Raoul Dandurand , politician (died 1942 ) November 6 – James Naismith , sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball (died 1939 ) November 17 – Archibald Lampman , poet (died 1899 ) November 26 – Laura Borden , wife of Robert Borden , 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1940 ) December 22 – Sara Jeannette Duncan , author and journalist (died 1922 ) February 3 – Louis-Théodore Besserer , notary, soldier, politician, and businessman (born 1785 ) February 13 – Denis-Benjamin Viger , politician, businessman and politician (born 1774 ) November 9 – Howard Douglas , soldier, educator, author, inventor, and colonial administrator (born 1776 ) References [ edit ]
1861 in North America
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