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Ontario

province of Canada

23 dated entries naming Ontario, drawn from 23 separate years between 1670 CE and 1985 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Ontarian, Ontario, Canada in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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17th century

  • 1670May 2 – The Hudson's Bay Company is granted a royal charter in England with the jurisdiction to control administration and commerce in "Rupert's Land", governed for the crown by Rupert, Duke of Cumberland, the cousin of King Charles II. The land is a 1.5 million square mile area of what is now Canada around Hudson Bay. The area controlled covers all of the modern province of Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan, and significant portions of Alberta and Nunavut, as well as parts of what are now Ontario and Quebec, and parts of the U.S. states of Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana.source

18th century

  • 1709June 26 – The Battle of Fort Albany, an attack by 100 French colonial volunteers and Cree natives on the British Hudson's Bay Company outpost at Fort Albany on Hudson Bay. John Fullartine, commander of the post, leads a successful defense of the fort and 18 of the attackers are killed and then retreat. The site becomes part of a Cree First Nation reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario.source
  • 1784Butler's Rangers were disbanded in June 1784, and its veterans were given land grants in the Nassau District, now the Niagara region of Ontario, as a reward for their services to the British Crown.source
  • 1788Ontario is divided into five districts, under English law.source

19th century

  • 1812October 13 – War of 1812 – Battle of Queenston Heights: As part of the Niagara campaign in Ontario, Canada, United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops, led by Sir Isaac Brock (who dies during the battle).source
  • 1820Creation of the municipality of Prescott and Russell in Upper Canada (today Ontario).source
  • 1822July 8 – The Chippewa people cede a huge tract of land in Ontario to British control.source
  • 1824November 30 – The first sod is turned in Ontario for the first of four Welland Canals. The canal opens for a trial run five years later to the day, on November 30, 1829.source
  • 1828Settlement begins in Stratford, Ontariosource
  • 1832May 30 – The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario (Canada) is opened.source
  • 1867March 29 – The British North America Act receives royal assent, forming the Dominion of Canada, in an event known as the Confederation. This unites the Province of Canada (Quebec and Ontario), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia on July 1. Ottawa will become the capital.source
  • 1871Ontario Schools Act is passed in Ontario, requiring all students aged 7 to 12 to attend school.source
  • 1872October 31 – Oliver Mowat becomes Premier of Ontario replaces the retiring Edward Blake.source
  • 1893May 27 – Algonquin Provincial Park is established as a wildlife sanctuary in Ontario.source
  • 1897February 2 – Clara Brett Martin becomes the first woman to practise law in Ontario.source

20th century

  • 1910October 7 – Baudette fire of 1910, a wildfire that burns ca. 350,000 square miles in Minnesota and Ontario, including several towns.source
  • 1912May 14 – Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec expand to the northsource
  • 1916July 29 – Matheson Fire: In Ontario, Canada, a lightning strike ignites a forest fire that destroys the towns of Cochrane and Matheson, killing 233.source
  • 1949May 4 - Leslie Frost becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Thomas Kennedysource
  • 1951December 20 – A chartered Curtiss C-46 Commando crash-lands in Cobourg, Ontario Canada; all on board survive.source
  • 1953May 20–21 – A tornado outbreak tears through Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, leaving eight people dead and 123 people injured.source
  • 1970July 5 – Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport, Toronto, Ontario through pilot error; all 109 passengers and crew are killed.source
  • 1985May 31 – Forty-four tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, including a rare and powerful F5. In total, the event kills 90 people.source

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