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184iiO.-Visit of the Prince of Wales. Inauguration of Victoria Bridge at Montreal. Three-
Rivers College founded. Unveiling of tJle "Monument des Braves", Ste Foy
road, Quebec. La Banque NatioMle and Monin CoUege founded at Quebec.
21st Gove:rnor: Viscount Monck (1861 W 1867).

l86l.-Lower C=dll.'s population) 1,111,566 souls.
l862.-Foundation of the ArcheoJogicu] and Numismatic Society of Montreal) the conserva-
tor of Chateau Ramsay.
1863.-Rimouski College founded. Third Council of Quebec. Royal sanction given to the
Separate SchooL,> Act.
l864.-Project of Confederation of the provinces elaborated at Quebec at an interprovincial
conference under the chaiImo.nship of Sir Etienne Pascal Taché. First cheeae
factory opened I1t Dunham.
l866.-Fenian invasion of Ca.na.dA. Laying of the Tro.nsatlantic Cable. Great conflagra-
tion nt Quebec, (2129 houses burned). Montreal Veterinary School founded.
Civil Code and Code of Civil Procedure came into force.
l861.-Confederation of the provinces of Lower o.nd Upper Canada, New Brunswick n.nd
Nova Scotia. "Moniteur Acadien" founded. Diocese of Rimouski erected.

CONFEDERATION PERIOD (1867 TO .... ).

1s'r LIEUTENANT GOYERNOR OF THE PROVINCE. OF QUEBEC: SIR N. BELLEAU (1867 TO 1873).
1868.-Depa,rture of 350 young French Canndians to defend the States of the Church at
Rome in the regiment of Papa.! Zouaves. ASSll.8sination of Hon,. Thomas D'Arcy
McGee. Fourth Council of Quebec. Adoption of a uniform 3 cent letter
postage rate. PostuJ savings banks founded. Appropriation for coloruzation
roads voted by the Legislature.
lst GoverMr General: Sir John You1'Z{7, Baron Lisgar (1868 1.0 1872).
l869.-Entry of the North West Territories into Confederation.
l870.-Province of Manitoba organized to meet the demands of the i.nllAbiw.nts of Red
River. M~. Elzear Taschereau, 16th bishop of Quebec.
l871.-·]ï;ntry of British Columbia into Confederation, on condition that the federal govem·
ment build a transcontinental railway in ten years. The Alabr..m.a cillims settled
by the treaty of Washington. Codification of municipallnws.
2nd GoverMr General: Lord Duff'e'rin (1872 to 1878).

1872.-Abolition of the legis!&tive double mandate. Act concerning the keeping of registers
of civil status.
1873.-Prince Edward Island entered Confederation. Death of Sir George Etienne Cartier.
Fifth Council of Quebec.

2ND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC: HON. R. E. CARON (1873 TO 1876).
1874.-Erection of the diocese of Sherbrooke: 200tJl annîversary of the erection of the dio-
cese of Quebec.
181S.-Principo.l laws respecting vital statistics. Inauguration of the Semino,ry of Chicou-
timi.
1876.-Inauguration of the Intercolonio.! Railway. Branch of Laval University, founded
a.t Montreal.
3RD LrEUT. GOVERNOR OF QUFlBEC: HON. Luc LETELLIDR, DE ST. JUST (1876 TO 1879).

1877.-8ixth CounciI of Quebec.
l878.-Erection of the diocese of Chicoutimi.