Feb 19
1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, was born in Torun, Poland.
1878 Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph.
1882 Egerton Ryerson, Methodist minister, journalist and educator, died in Toronto.
1897 Adelaide Hoodless (1857-1910) organized at Stoney Creek the world's first Women's Institute.
1960 Figure skaters Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul won the 1960 Olympic pairs event at Squaw Valley, California.
1970 Canada claims jurisdiction over waters of Northwest Passage, and between islands of Arctic archipelago.
1996 Royal Canadian Mint puts new $2 coin design into circulation.
Feb 20
1887 Vincent Massey, later to be the first Canadian governor general, was born in Toronto.
1930 Cairine Wilson of Rockcliffe became the first woman appointed to the senate.
1945 The Government issues Canada's First Family Allowance cheques.
1959 The Diefenbaker government cancelled the Avro Arrow program.
1962 Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
Feb 21
1916 The World War I Battle of Verdun began in France.
1935 John Buchan (1875-1940) was appointed Governor-General of Canada as Baron Tweedsmuir.
1941 Sir Frederick Banting, one of the discoverers of insulin, died in am aircraft crash in Newfoudland.
1947 Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrated his Polaroid Land camera, which could produce a black-and-white photograph in 60 seconds.
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19 February 2012
16 February 2012
War of 1812
16 Febuary 1813
On this date 199 years ago the 104th Regiment started their march to Quebec City. They would eventually end up in Niagara area via Montreal and Kingston. A short description of their march is in Burton's 'Flames Across the Border, 1813-1814' pages 15-17, accessable thru Google Books.
Six Companies made the march, one leaving each day, the first was the Grenadier Co leaving on 16 Feb and the last was the Light Company leaving on the 21st of Feb. In a fortnight the entire Reg't was in Quebec City. They went on to Kingston arriving 12 Apr. " In just 52 days, close to 600 troops have marched more than 700 miles, most on snowshoes under the worst possible conditions without losing a man"
Latimer in his '1812 War with America' tells another version pages 122-124.
I read somewhere where a unit from Petawawa, Ont will re-enact this march on its 200 Anniversary next winter
On this date 199 years ago the 104th Regiment started their march to Quebec City. They would eventually end up in Niagara area via Montreal and Kingston. A short description of their march is in Burton's 'Flames Across the Border, 1813-1814' pages 15-17, accessable thru Google Books.
Six Companies made the march, one leaving each day, the first was the Grenadier Co leaving on 16 Feb and the last was the Light Company leaving on the 21st of Feb. In a fortnight the entire Reg't was in Quebec City. They went on to Kingston arriving 12 Apr. " In just 52 days, close to 600 troops have marched more than 700 miles, most on snowshoes under the worst possible conditions without losing a man"
Latimer in his '1812 War with America' tells another version pages 122-124.
I read somewhere where a unit from Petawawa, Ont will re-enact this march on its 200 Anniversary next winter
Timeline Feb 16 to 18
Feb 16
1796 A group of Queen's Rangers, working under Deputy Surveyor Augustus Jones, completed the opening of Yonge Street as far as Holland Landing.
1813 Sir John Sherbrooke orders six companies of the 104th Regiment of Foot, plus 4th New Brunswick Regiment, to proceed from Fredericton, New Brunswick to Kingston, to strengthen the defences of Upper Canada against an expected American invasion in the Spring.
1842 Richard Beasley, a pioneer Hamilton area merchant, died.
1867 John A Macdonald married Susan Agnes Bernard in London, England.
1923 The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.
1937 Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for nylon.
1949 The House of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act.
1971 Pierre Trudeau, under opposition attack in the Commons, utters an apparently unparliamentary expression that he later describes as 'fuddle-duddle.'
Feb 17
1859 A railway line from Smiths Falls to Perth opened.
1874 Thomas J. Watson, Sr., the American industrialist who built IBM, was born.
1919 Wilfrid Laurier, Canada's First Prime Minister of French ancestry, dies at age 77.
Feb 18
1546 Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, died.
1564 Michelangelo died in Rome.
1745 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor was born.
1815 Treaty of Ghent - Proclamation of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, concluded at Ghent, December 24, 1814.
1972 Neil Young receives a gold record for Harvest, the only #1 album of his career; includes the #1 hit single Heart of Gold.
1796 A group of Queen's Rangers, working under Deputy Surveyor Augustus Jones, completed the opening of Yonge Street as far as Holland Landing.
1813 Sir John Sherbrooke orders six companies of the 104th Regiment of Foot, plus 4th New Brunswick Regiment, to proceed from Fredericton, New Brunswick to Kingston, to strengthen the defences of Upper Canada against an expected American invasion in the Spring.
1842 Richard Beasley, a pioneer Hamilton area merchant, died.
1867 John A Macdonald married Susan Agnes Bernard in London, England.
1923 The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.
1937 Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for nylon.
1949 The House of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act.
1971 Pierre Trudeau, under opposition attack in the Commons, utters an apparently unparliamentary expression that he later describes as 'fuddle-duddle.'
Feb 17
1859 A railway line from Smiths Falls to Perth opened.
1874 Thomas J. Watson, Sr., the American industrialist who built IBM, was born.
1919 Wilfrid Laurier, Canada's First Prime Minister of French ancestry, dies at age 77.
Feb 18
1546 Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, died.
1564 Michelangelo died in Rome.
1745 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor was born.
1815 Treaty of Ghent - Proclamation of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, concluded at Ghent, December 24, 1814.
1972 Neil Young receives a gold record for Harvest, the only #1 album of his career; includes the #1 hit single Heart of Gold.
15 February 2012
Timeline Feb 12 to 15
There have been no timeline posts for the last few days because I was in hospital. Back on the road to recovery now!
Feb 12
1554 Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, was beheaded after being charged with treason.
1663 Cotton Mather, American congregational minister, was born.
1733 English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Ga.
1809 Charles Darwin, English Naturalist, was born in Shrewsbury, England.
1842 Councillors assembled in Brockville to hold the first meeting of the Johnstown District Council.
1949 Ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line.
2010 Governor General Michaëlle Jean declared the Vancouver Winter Olympic games officially open.
Feb 13
1841 Meeting of the first Parliament of the Province of Canada in a converted hospital in Kingston.
1900 Founding of first chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE), a women's patriotic and philanthropic organization. Fredericton, New Brunswick
1910 William Shockley, the controversial Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work led to the miniaturisation of radio, TV and computer circuits, was born.
1923 Chuck Yeager, test pilot, was born.
1945 The Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans during World War II.
Feb 14
1826 Lt. Colonel John By (1781-1836) of the Royal Engineers arrives in Hull to plan construction of the Rideau Canal from Ottawa River to Lake Ontario.
1859 Governor James Douglas proclaims the capital of the new Crown Colony of British Columbia to be at New Westminster.
1911 David Boyle, pioneer archeologist and first secretary of the Ontario Historical Society, died in Toronto.
1917 Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden announced the formation of a volunteer Canadian Defence Force for home service which would release some 50,000 men of the Canadian Expeditionary Force stationed in Canada for overseas service.
1942 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down.
2010 Alex Bilodeau makes Canadian Olympic history in Men's Moguls with first Olympic gold medal on Canadian Soil.
Feb 15
1564 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and mathematician, was born in Pisa. Died Jan. 8, 1642.
1841 Lord Sydenham, having selected Kingston as the capital of the United Canadas, issued a proclamation summoning the new parliament to meet on May 26.
1845 Bytown residents submitted a petition to the legislature requesting the incorporation of their community as a city and the establishemnet of municipal institutions.
1881 The House of Commons passed a bill incorporating the Canadian Pacific Railway and
providing for the payment of a subsidy of $25,000,000 and 25,000,000 acres of land.
1895 University of Toronto students went on strike with Mackenzie King as their leader.
1930 Carine Wilson was appointed to the Senate by Mackenzie King; Canada's first woman Senator.
1965 Canada's new maple leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa.
1968 Nancy Greene wins the Gold Medal in Women's Giant Slalom at the Tenth Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Grenoble, France.
1977 The Canadian Citizenship Act, passed in 1976, comes into effect.
2002 Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were awarded a gold medal to resolve a judging controversy at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Feb 12
1554 Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, was beheaded after being charged with treason.
1663 Cotton Mather, American congregational minister, was born.
1733 English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Ga.
1809 Charles Darwin, English Naturalist, was born in Shrewsbury, England.
1842 Councillors assembled in Brockville to hold the first meeting of the Johnstown District Council.
1949 Ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line.
2010 Governor General Michaëlle Jean declared the Vancouver Winter Olympic games officially open.
Feb 13
1841 Meeting of the first Parliament of the Province of Canada in a converted hospital in Kingston.
1900 Founding of first chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE), a women's patriotic and philanthropic organization. Fredericton, New Brunswick
1910 William Shockley, the controversial Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work led to the miniaturisation of radio, TV and computer circuits, was born.
1923 Chuck Yeager, test pilot, was born.
1945 The Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans during World War II.
Feb 14
1826 Lt. Colonel John By (1781-1836) of the Royal Engineers arrives in Hull to plan construction of the Rideau Canal from Ottawa River to Lake Ontario.
1859 Governor James Douglas proclaims the capital of the new Crown Colony of British Columbia to be at New Westminster.
1911 David Boyle, pioneer archeologist and first secretary of the Ontario Historical Society, died in Toronto.
1917 Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden announced the formation of a volunteer Canadian Defence Force for home service which would release some 50,000 men of the Canadian Expeditionary Force stationed in Canada for overseas service.
1942 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down.
2010 Alex Bilodeau makes Canadian Olympic history in Men's Moguls with first Olympic gold medal on Canadian Soil.
Feb 15
1564 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and mathematician, was born in Pisa. Died Jan. 8, 1642.
1841 Lord Sydenham, having selected Kingston as the capital of the United Canadas, issued a proclamation summoning the new parliament to meet on May 26.
1845 Bytown residents submitted a petition to the legislature requesting the incorporation of their community as a city and the establishemnet of municipal institutions.
1881 The House of Commons passed a bill incorporating the Canadian Pacific Railway and
providing for the payment of a subsidy of $25,000,000 and 25,000,000 acres of land.
1895 University of Toronto students went on strike with Mackenzie King as their leader.
1930 Carine Wilson was appointed to the Senate by Mackenzie King; Canada's first woman Senator.
1965 Canada's new maple leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa.
1968 Nancy Greene wins the Gold Medal in Women's Giant Slalom at the Tenth Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Grenoble, France.
1977 The Canadian Citizenship Act, passed in 1976, comes into effect.
2002 Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were awarded a gold medal to resolve a judging controversy at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
09 February 2012
Timeline Feb 9 to 11
Feb 9
1760 Captain John Byron 1723-1786, grandfather of poet Lord Byron, begins tearing down the fortifications of Louisbourg on orders from British PM William Pitt.
1870 Fire destroyed a courthouse erected in 1842.
1883 Ontario's First free public library opens at Guelph, Ontario.
1894 William Avery "Billy" Bishop, World War I flying ace, was born in Owen sound.
1937 Patent # 364047 was issued to the Lightning Fastener Company of St. Catharines and its president Gideon Sundback, for the zipper.
1943 World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.
1964 The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Feb 10
1763 France ceded Canada to England under the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.
1802 Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820 knighted for achievements in the North West, and for being First to cross the North American continent by land.
1840 Britain's Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha.
1841 Upper and Lower Canada were officially united as the Province of Canada.
1846 Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - the Mormons - began an exodus west from Illinois.
Feb 11
1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, English chemist/pioneer photographer, was born.
1847 Thomas Alva Edison, inventor with more than 1,000 patents, was born in Milan, Ohio.
1869 Patrick Whelan, convicted of the murder of Thomas D`Arcy McGee, was executed on the gallows outside the courthouse in Ottawa.
1897 Fire destroys the West Block on Parliament Hill.
1922 Frederick Grant Banting 1891-1941 announces the discovery of insulin, used to treat diabetes, at the University of Toronto.
1940 John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir), the first novelist and historian to become governor general of Canada, died in Montreal.
1760 Captain John Byron 1723-1786, grandfather of poet Lord Byron, begins tearing down the fortifications of Louisbourg on orders from British PM William Pitt.
1870 Fire destroyed a courthouse erected in 1842.
1883 Ontario's First free public library opens at Guelph, Ontario.
1894 William Avery "Billy" Bishop, World War I flying ace, was born in Owen sound.
1937 Patent # 364047 was issued to the Lightning Fastener Company of St. Catharines and its president Gideon Sundback, for the zipper.
1943 World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.
1964 The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Feb 10
1763 France ceded Canada to England under the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.
1802 Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820 knighted for achievements in the North West, and for being First to cross the North American continent by land.
1840 Britain's Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha.
1841 Upper and Lower Canada were officially united as the Province of Canada.
1846 Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - the Mormons - began an exodus west from Illinois.
Feb 11
1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, English chemist/pioneer photographer, was born.
1847 Thomas Alva Edison, inventor with more than 1,000 patents, was born in Milan, Ohio.
1869 Patrick Whelan, convicted of the murder of Thomas D`Arcy McGee, was executed on the gallows outside the courthouse in Ottawa.
1897 Fire destroys the West Block on Parliament Hill.
1922 Frederick Grant Banting 1891-1941 announces the discovery of insulin, used to treat diabetes, at the University of Toronto.
1940 John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir), the first novelist and historian to become governor general of Canada, died in Montreal.
07 February 2012
Timeline Feb 7 & 8
Feb 7
1792 Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe issued a proclamation advertising the availability of vacant crown lands for new settlement.
1792 The first map of Cornwall was issued by surveyor William Chewett. It recorded 40 landowners.
1804 John Deere, American inventor of agricultural implements, was born.
1812 Charles Dickens, English novelist, was born in Portsmouth, England.
1964 The Beatles arrived in New York for their first American tour, touching off rock 'n' roll's "British invasion."
1984 Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk.
Feb 8
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
1677 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, was born.
1700 Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, was born.
1828 Jules Verne, French author, was born.
1853 A petition by Mayor J.B. Turgeon was presented to the Executive Council requesting that Bytown be converted into a city named Ottawa.
1879 Sandford Flemming read a paper before the Canadian Institute in Toronto, outlining his concept of a world-wide, uniform system of reckoning time.
1906 Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor of xerography, was born.
1792 Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe issued a proclamation advertising the availability of vacant crown lands for new settlement.
1792 The first map of Cornwall was issued by surveyor William Chewett. It recorded 40 landowners.
1804 John Deere, American inventor of agricultural implements, was born.
1812 Charles Dickens, English novelist, was born in Portsmouth, England.
1964 The Beatles arrived in New York for their first American tour, touching off rock 'n' roll's "British invasion."
1984 Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk.
Feb 8
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
1677 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, was born.
1700 Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, was born.
1828 Jules Verne, French author, was born.
1853 A petition by Mayor J.B. Turgeon was presented to the Executive Council requesting that Bytown be converted into a city named Ottawa.
1879 Sandford Flemming read a paper before the Canadian Institute in Toronto, outlining his concept of a world-wide, uniform system of reckoning time.
1906 Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor of xerography, was born.
05 February 2012
Blogs that commented on Rootstech
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