Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• January 3 - The Parliament House, at Toronto, is burned.
• September 7 - Soldiers of the 70th Regiment subdue a fire, which consumes over eighty buildings, in Montreal.
• November 2 - The Erie Canal is begun.
• Spokane House closed.
• Fort Colville built at Kettle Falls.
• US finishes ambitious Erie canal from Buffalo to Hudson River and New York City. Puts competitive pressure on Montreal and Toronto merchant elites to finish canals.

Deaths