1700 in Canada

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV
• English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: William III

  Governors

• Governor General of New France: Louis-Hector de Callière
• Governor of Acadia: Claude-Sébastien de Villieu
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Sauvolle
• Governor of Plaisance: Joseph de Monic

  Events

• January 26,1700- The Cascadia earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes on record, ruptures the Cascadia subduction zone offshore from Vancouver Island to northern California, creating a tsunami that wiped out the winter village of Pachena Bay leaving no survivors.

  Full date unknown

• By now, it is clear that New France is not going to be self-sufficient.
• Population of Acadia is 1,400.
• Sir Stephen Evans in Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company between the years 1700 to 1712.

  Births

• June 17 - François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, explorer and soldier.

  Full date unknown

• Joseph Adams, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company.

  Deaths

• January 12 - Marguerite Bourgeoys, first school teacher in Montreal and founder of the congregation of Notre Dame.

  Full date unknown

• Louis Jolliet was one of the first people of European descent born in North America to be remembered for significant discoveries.