Pierre
BOURASSA
(b.
28 August 1740
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
28 August 1797
,
Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre BOURASSA was born 28 August 1740 in Québec, Canada, New France
Pierre BOURASSA was the child of Pierre BOURASSA and Louise COUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOURASSA and Françoise METHOT (maternal) Joseph-Auger COUTURE and Marie-Jeanne HUARDPierre BOURASSA died 28 August 1797 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada .
m. Petitclerc Francoise
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
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1740 Birth 28 August 1740
Québec, Canada, New France
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1797 Death 28 August 1797
Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 57.
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