18 CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF CANADA 1837. Report of the Canada Commis­ Oct. 1, The Earl of Elgin Gover­ sioners. Rebellions in Lower nor in Chief. Canada (Papineau) and Upper 1847. May 29, Sherwood-Papineau Ad­ Canada (W. L. Mackenzie). Nov. ministration. Electric telegraph 23, Gas lighting first used in opened: Aug. 3, Montreal to Montreal. Dec. 22, Major- Toronto; Oct. 2, Montreal to General Sir G. Arthur Lieuten­ Quebec. Nov. 25, Montreal- ant-Governor of Upper Canada. Lachine railway opened. 1838. Feb. 10, Constitution of Lower 1848. March 11, La Fontaine-Baldwin Canada suspended, and Special Administration. May 30, Council created. March 30, The Fredericton incorporated. Re­ Earl df Durham Governor in sponsible Government granted to Chief. April 27, Martial law Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. revoked. June 28, Amnesty to 1849. April 25, Signing of the RebeUion political prisoners proclaimed. Losses Act, rioting in Montreal Nov. 1, Lord Durham, censured and burning of the Parliament by British parliament, resigns. buildings. Nov. 14, Toronto Dec. 13, Sir John Colborne, made the Capital. Vancouver Governor in Chief. Island granted to the Hudson's 1839. Feb. 11, Lord Durham's report Bay Company. submitted to parliament. Sept. 1851. April 6, Transfer of the postal 6, C. Poulett Thomson (Lord system from the British to the Sydenham). Governor in Chief. Provincial Government; uniform John Strachan made first Angli­ rate of postage introduced. April can Bishop of Toronto. 23, Postage stamps issued. Aug. 1840. July 23, Passing of the Act of 2, Incorporation of Trinity Col­ Union. First ship of the Cunard lege, Toronto. Sept. 22, Quebec line arrives at Halifax. July 28, becomes the Capital. Oct. 28, death of Lord Durham. Hincks-Morin Administration. 1841. Feb. 10, Union of the two prov­ Responsible Government granted inces as the province of Canada, to Prince Edward Island. with Kingston as capital. Feb. Population — Upper Canada, 13, Draper-Ogden Administra­ 952,004; Lower Canada, 890,261; tion. April 10, Halifax incorpor­ New Brunswick, 193,800; Nova ated. June 13, meeting of first Scotia, 276,854. united Parliament. Sept. 19, 1852. July 8, Great fire at Montreal. Death of Lord Sydenham. Oct. Dec. 8, Laval University, Quebec, 7, Sir Charles Bagot Governor in opened. The Grand Trunk Rail­ Chief. Population — Upper way chartered. Canada, 455,688. 1842. March 10, Opening of Queen's 1854. June 5, Reciprocity Treaty with University, Kingston. Aug. 9, the United States. Sept. 11, The Ashburton Treaty. Sept. 16, Macnab-Morin ministry. Sept. Baldwin-La Fontaine Adminis­ 20, Sir Edmund W. Head tration. Governor in Chief. Seigneurial 1843. Feb. 24, Sir Charles Metcalfe tenure in Lower Canada abol­ Governor in Chief. June 4, ished. Secularization of the Victoria, B.C., founded. Dec. 12, Clergy Reserves. Draper - Viger Administration. 1855. Jan. 1, Incorporation of Ottawa. King's (now University) College, Jan. 27, Macnab-Tach6 Admin­ Toronto, opened. istration. March 9, Opening of 1844. May 10, Capital moved from the Niagara Suspension Bridge. Kingston to Montreal. Knox April 17, Incorporation of Char- College, Toronto, founded. Popu­ lottetown. Oct. 20, Govern­ lation of Lower Canada, 697,084. ment moved to Toronto. 1845. May 28 and June 28, Great fires 1856. The Legistative Council of Can­ at Quebec. Franklin starts on ada is made elective. First his last Arctic expedition. meeting of the Legislature of 1846. March 16, Earl Cathcart Gover­ Vancouver Island. May 24, nor in Chief. May 18, Kingston Tach6-J. A. Macdonald Admin­ incorporated. June 15, Oregon istration. Oct. 27, Opening of Boundary Treaty. June 18, the Grand Trunk Railway from Draper-Papineau Administration. Montreal to Toronto. .