- 1870 in Canada
"See also:"
1869 in Canada ,
other events of 1870,1871 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .Events
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March 3 : Thomas Scott is executed byLouis Riel 's provisional government
*April 25 : TheRed River Rebellion ends as Louis Riel flees to theUnited States
*May 12 : TheManitoba Act is passed in Parliament
*May 25 –June 7 : TheFenians launch their final attack against Canada. Like the others it is unsuccessful
*July 15 : TheHudson's Bay Company 's lands are officially transferred to Canada, and the province ofManitoba and theNorth-West Territories are established
* September 16:Alfred Boyd becomes the first premier of Manitoba
* First Dominion of Canada banknote introduced
* At theBattle of Oldman River between theCree and theBlood tribe 340 are killed
*George E. King becomespremier of New Brunswick , replacingAndrew Wetmore Births
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May 14 :Richard Langton Baker , politician
*May 21 :Leonard P. D. Tilley , Premier of New Brunswick
*June 18 :Howard Ferguson , Premier of Ontario
*July 3 :R.B. Bennett , Prime Minister
*July 28 :Aubin-Edmond Arsenault , Premier of PEI
*July 29 :George Dixon , boxer
*September 7 :James Tompkins , educator
*October 16 :Wallace Turnbull , engineer
*November 10 :Harlan Carey Brewster , Premier of British Columbia
*December 16 :Richard McBride , Premier of British Columbia
*Thomas Langton Church , politicianDeaths
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