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• Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov.
• Captain George Vancouver begins his explorations of the Pacific Coast.
• A large number of the Black Loyalists in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia migrate to Sierra Leone in West Africa, mainly because the promises of land in Canada were not kept by the British.
• American Captain Robert Gray discovers mouth of Columbia River - George Vancouver's Lieutenant William Broughton explores Columbia 100 miles
• May 7 - Lower Canada is divided into 21 counties.
• October 15October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). There are 77 days remaining. Events 533 Byzantine general Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals. 1552 Khanate of Kazan is conquered by troops of - The law of England is introduced in Upper CanadaUpper Canada is an early name for the land at the upstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in early North America the territory south of Lake Nipissing and north of the St. Lawrence River and Lakes Ontario and Erie plus the eastern shoreline of Georgian B.
• December 20December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining. Events 1803 Louisiana Purchase completed 1860 South Carolina becomes first state to secede from the United States 1915 Last Australian t - A fortnightly mail is established between Canada and the United States.
• DecemberDecember is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. From the Latin decem for " ten" (it was originally the tenth month of the year, before January and February were inserted). The winter solstice falls in December. - A bill to abolish slaverySlavery is involuntary servitude, enforced by violence or other, clear forms of coercion. It is sometimes regarded as an expectation associated with other relationships, such as marriage and/or other family relations, military service, or debt relationshi, in Lower Canada, does not pass.

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