Timeline of Quebec history (1791–1840)

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• 1790 – The
  Roman Catholic Church
  in Quebec that would last until 1960.
• 1791 - The
  British Parliament
  on June 10.
• 1792 - The first elections of Lower Canada are held on June 11.
• 1792 - The first session of the
  Parliament of Lower Canada
  opens on December 17.
• 1792 - On December 18, Jean-Antoine Panet is elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
• 1792 - Opening of the first post office in Montreal on December 20.
• 1793 -
  Legislative Assembly of Quebec
  on January 21.
• 1793 - On January 27, Lower Canada-born Jean Basset presents a memoir to the National Convention in Revolutionary France in which he pleads for a reconquest of Canada.
• 1793 - France declares war on England on February 8.
• 1793 - Prorogation of the first session of the Parliament on May 9.
• 1793 - On September 23, governor Dorchester demands that the Assembly punishes foreigners threatening the British government in Canada or any seditious citizen.
• 1793 - In October, there are rumours that a French fleet is coming to retake Canada.
• 1793 - The second session of the Parliament opens on November 11.
• 1795 - Introduction of the first property tax in Lower Canada.
• 1796 - The first county of the Eastern Townships, Dunham, is created.
• 1797 - Robert Prescott becomes Governor General on April 27.
• 1798 - Beginning of Irish immigration to Canada.

1800s

• 1800 - Member of Parliament and Judge Pierre-Amable de Bonne presents a draft bill to create the Royal Institute on February 7.
• 1803 -
  Louisiana territory to the United States. (See the Louisiana Purchase
  ).
• 1804 - The taking down of Montreal's fortifications begin and last until 1809.
• 1804 - The legislative assembly of Lower Canada votes to abolish slavery.
• 1805 - Foundation of
  The Quebec Mercury (newspaper) by Thomas Cary
  , supporter of the British Tories.
• 1805 - Joseph-Octave Plessis becomes Bishop of Quebec.
• 1806 -
  Parti Canadien, found the newspaper Le Canadien
  .
• 1807 - Election of
  Trois-Rivières during a by-election
  on April 11.
• 1807 - On August 29, James Henry Craig becomes governor of the British American colonies.
• 1808 - On February 1, the
  Jew
  .
• 1808 - The Legislative Assembly votes the expulsion of Ezekiel Hart on February 20.
• 1808 -
  Parti Canadien
  .
• 1808 - On June 14, the owners of the newspaper Le Canadien were demoted from their functions in the government.
• 1809 - On April 18, the Legislative Assembly votes a resolution on the ineligibility of judges during elections.
• 1809 - Governor Craig dissolves the Parliament on May 15.
• 1809 - Elections on November 24.

1810s

• 1810 - On February 13, the Legislative Assembly passes three addresses: one for the King, one for the House of Lords and one for the House of Commons to request control over the budget.
• 1810 - On February 23, the
  Legislative Assembly of Quebec votes to expel the Member of Parliament and Judge Pierre-Amable de Bonne
  .
• 1810 - On March 10,
  Le Vrai Canadien
  which defends the policies of the government.
• 1810 - On March 17, Governor James Craig stops the press of Le Canadien and arrests its owners on charges of treasonous writings .
• 1810 - On May 1, Governor
  British Parliament to unite Upper and Lower Canada
  .
• 1810 - On September 10, New Spain (México) declares its Independence from Spain.
• 1811 - Pierre-Stanislas Bédard is released from prison in March after having been held for twelve months pending trial.
• 1811 - On May 31, George Prevost becomes governor of Lower Canada.
• 1811 – The
  James Stuart to succeed Pierre-Stanislas Bédard
  as party leader.
• 1811 - Founding of the newspaper the
  Montreal Herald
  by William Grey.
• 1812 - War of 1812: Second American invasion of Canada.
• 1815 - On January 21, Louis-Joseph Papineau is elected speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
• 1817 - Founding of the Bank of Montreal.
• 1818 - The frontier between British North America and the United States is established at the 49th northern parallel.

1820s

• 1820 - A Union project is again discussed by London and the government of Lower Canada.
• 1821 - McGill University obtains its royal charter.
• 1822 - Lower Canadian British merchants and bureaucrats petition for the Union of Upper and Lower Canada into a single colony before the British Parliament in London.
• 1823 - On May 10,
  John Neilson
  are in London to present a petition of 60,000 signatures against the Union project.
• 1824 - Alexander Wolff (soldier) and his men arrive in Halifax to establish themselves on a land grant from England in CFB Valcartier where he became commander of the 11th Battalion of the Quebec Militia.
• 1825 - Opening of the Lachine Canal.
• 1826 -
  Jacques Viger found the newspaper La Minerve
  .
• 1827 - The
  Parti Canadien
  becomes the Parti patriote.
• 1827 - The
  Augustin Cuvillier
  —to London with a petition of 87,000 names and a series of resolution passed by the Legislative Assembly.
• 1828 - London appoints
  Dalhousie
  .
• 1828 - On December 12, Daniel Tracey founds the newspaper The Irish Vindicator and Canada General Advertiser, which became The Montreal Vindicator soon after.
• 1829 - McGill University begins instruction in 1829 with the Faculty of Medicine.

1830s

• 1830 - Lord Matthew Aylmer is appointed Governor.
• 1830 - The Port of Montreal is officially created.
• 1831 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French aristocrat conservative political thinker and author of Democracy in America, spends a few days in the summer of 1831 in Lower Canada.
• 1831 - Ludger Duvernay and Daniel Tracey are arrested and charged with sedition.
• 1831 - Henry Musgrave Blaiklock designs the Marine and Emigrant Hospital of Quebec, a prime example of neoclassical architecture in Lower Canada.
• 1832 - Daniel Tracey spends 35 days in prison in January for writing an editorial that encouraged physical attacks on members of the colonial government.
• 1832 - During a by-election in Montreal on May 21, rioting erupted and British soldiers opened fire on the crowd and killed three people.
• 1832 - A first cholera epidemic kills 6,000 people.
• 1832 - Following the 1808 expulsion of the
  Legislative Assembly of Quebec, the assembly passes a law giving full political rights to the Jewish citizens of Lower Canada (the 1832 Emancipation Act
  ), a first in the British Empire and some 27 years before Great Britain itself.
• 1833 - Foundation of the Club des femmes patriotes (Patriot Women's Club).
• 1834 - Foundation of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society on June 24.
• 1834 - Foundation of the monarchist Quebec Constitutional Association.
• 1834 - The
  Legislative Assembly of Quebec. (L’élection générale de 1834 permet à la population bas-canadienne de faire choix de quatre-vingt-huit députés, répartis sur un total de quarante-six circonscriptions. /The general election of 1834 allowed voters of Lower Canada to choose 88 deputies, spread over a total of 46 constituencies.)^[1]
• 1834 - The Legislative Assembly presents the Ninety-Two Resolutions, a document requesting democratic reforms in Lower Canada.
• 1835 - Founding of the monarchist Montreal Constitutional Association in January.
• 1835 - Creation of the Union patriotique.
• 1835 - Louis-Michel Viger and Jacob De Witt found La Banque du Peuple. It becomes a chartered bank in 1844.
• 1836 - Founding of the Doric Club, a reincarnation of the banned British Rifle Corp.
• 1836 - The laws establishing the normal schools of the country are passed. They would have been the first secular, public, and free schools of Lower Canada.
• 1837 - On March 6, the British Parliament resolutions arrive in Lower Canada, rejecting the major demands of the colonists, Prime Minister Russell believing it was impossible for a governor to be responsible to the sovereign and a local legislature at the same time.
• 1837 - Foundation of the Comité central et permanent in April.
• 1837 - Founded in August, the Société des Fils de la Liberté holds its first public assembly on September 5.
• 1837 -
  Town Hall meetings are held throughout Lower Canada
  between May and November.
• 1837, November 6 - The Doric Club members attack the
  Fils de la liberté, members of the Doric Club destroy the office of Thomas Storrow Brown
  at the Vindicator newspaper.
• 1837 - On November 8, General
  John Colborne
  begins to recruit volunteers for militias which are placed under the command of lieutenant-colonel Dyer.
• 1837 - On November 16,
  Lord Gosford orders the arrest of 26 patriots leaders on charges of high treason
  .
• 1837 - On November 23 British courier is killed in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu in an attack by the Fils de la Liberté.
• 1837 - Battle of Saint-Denis on November 23.
• 1837 - Battle of Saint-Charles on November 25.
• 1837 - Patriots take control of Saint-Eustache on November 30.
• 1837 - Proclamation of martial law in the district of Montreal on December 5.
• 1837 - 80 Patriots are forced to retreat at Moore's Corner near the American border on December 6.
• 1837 - On December 13, General
  John Colborne, Lord Seaton, leaves Montreal for Saint-Eustache
  leading 1,300 men.
• 1837 - Battle of Saint-Eustache on December 14.
• 1837 - The British troops sacked and burned the villages of
  Saint-Benoît and Saint-Eustache
  .
• 1838 - February 26,
  Frères Chasseurs and American sympathisers launch an attack on the British in Lower Canada
  .
• 1838 - Robert Nelson proclaims the independence of Lower Canada in Week's House on February 28. See the Déclaration d'indépendance du Bas-Canada.
• 1838 - The Constitutional Act is suspended on March 27. A Special Council is formed by London.
• 1838 - The envoy of the British government,
  John George Lambton, Lord of Durham, arrives in Quebec City
  on May 27.
• 1838 - Proclamation of amnesty for all prisoners, except eight who are exiled to Bermuda, on June 28.
• 1838 - The Frères Chasseurs take positions in
  Sainte-Martine and Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
  on November 3.
• 1838 - New proclamation of martial law on November 4.
• 1838 - Battle of Lacolle on November 7.
• 1838 - Battle of Odelltown on November 9. End of the Lower Canada Rebellion.
• 1838 - Creation of a military court to judge 108 men.
• 1839 - Publishing of the
  report
  of Lord Durham on February 11.
• 1839 - Following a trial for treason and murder, 12 Patriots were hung at the Pied-du-Courant Prison on February 15.
• 1839 -
  Charles Poulett Thomson
  , Lord Sydenham, succeeds Lord Durham as governor general of the Canadas.

1840s

• 1840 - The
  Act of Union
  receives royal assent on July 23.

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