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Slavery is abolished in British colonies
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Lord Durham's report of Canada is issued
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Lord Elgin as governor general of canada
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British government appeals the corn laws
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The boundary of the 49th Parallel is extended to the Pacific Ocean. An Act of Amnesty provides for W.L. Mackenzie's return from exile in the U.S.
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Louis Pasteur used carbolic acid as an antiseptic and vaccinated people.
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Fenians attack Campobello island
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British parlement passed the British North America act
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the fathers of Confederation and an outspoken enemy of the Fenians, becomes Canada's first assassination victim at the hands of a Fenian
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Canada purchases Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company. Threatened by Canadian purchases of Hudson's Bay territories, Louis Riel leads the Métis in occupying Fort Garry on the site of Winnipeg
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British Columbia joins confederation
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Macdonald resigns over the Pacific Scandal , which brought attention to huge campaign contributions made by Sir Hugh Allan in exchange for a charter to build the Canadian Pacific Railway
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Riel is elected to the House of Commons but cannot take the seat
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Anabaptists (Russian Mennonites) start to arrive in Manitoba from various Russian colonies
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100 year aniversary of Canada being a dominion
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420 lolz