How Canada Came to Be By keirap Oct 11, 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham, 1759 Oct 11, 1763 Royal Proclamation, 1763 Oct 11, 1774 Quebec Act, 1774 Oct 11, 1777 American War of Independence, 1777 Oct 11, 1812 War of 1812 Oct 11, 1837 Rebellions, 1837 Oct 11, 1839 Lord Durham Report, 1839 Oct 11, 1841 Act of Union, 1841 Oct 11, 1842 Baldwin-Lafontaine Coalition, 1842-1843 Oct 11, 1864 Quebec Conference, 1864 Oct 11, 1867 Confederation, 1867