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Sir John A. Macdonald was born
On this day, Canada's first prime minister was born in Scoutland. He was also one of the father of confederation. -
Canadian Postal Services
Britain transfers the control of the Canadian postal srvices to Canada. -
Bytown changed to Ottawa
Bytown, a town between Ontario and Quebec changed its name to Ottawa. -
Capital Ottawa
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada. -
Paliment Building
The cornerstone of the paliment building was laid. -
Charlottetown Conference
This conference took place in Charlottetown between 1-9 september, 1864. It was planned to discuss about a maritime union， but this conference takes the first steps toward Confederation.
Delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island attended this conference.
They also decided to meet in quebec later. -
Quebec Conference
This conference was held to discuss the Canadian Confederation, it was held from 9-27 of October, 1864. After it ended, the delegates returned to their province to submit the Seventy-Two Resolutions to the provincial legislatures. -
Battle of Ridgeway
Battle of Ridgeway was fought close to Ridgh is theway, Canada West, which is in today's Ontario. It's a war between British soldiers in Canada and irregular army of Irish-American invaders, the Fenians. The Fenians won this battle, and not a lot of people wounded. -
London conference
The last conference to discuss Canadian confederation- the London conference was held in London, United Kingdom on Dec 4, 1866. This conference led to the Canadian confederation in 1867. Delegates from the Canadian Provinces New Brunswick and Nova Scotia drafted the British North America Act with British officials. -
Canadian confederation
The federal dominion of Canada was formed, sir John A. Macdonald became the first Prime Minister of Canada.
