Important Events From 1850 to 1890

Marco Polo's ship Launched

May 23, 1851

Marco Polo's ship launched in St. John, New Brunswick

Bytown renamed

Jan 1, 1855

Bytown was renamed Ottawa

Grand Trunk Railway opens

Oct 27, 1856

grand trunk railway opens its Toronto-Montreal line

Gold discovered

Apr 3, 1858

gold is discovered in the Fraser river in British Columbia

First Women in university

Sep 19, 1862

the first women to get accepted to university was at Mount Allison university in Sackville, New Brunswick

British North America act passed

Mar 23, 1867

Britain Passes the British North America Act

Confederation of Canada

Jul 1, 1867

the day Canada became a country

First women Doctor

Sep 20, 1867

Emily Stowe becomes the first women doctor

First Prime Minister of Canada

Nov 19, 1867

Sir John A MacDonald is elected as Canada's first prime minister

New Province

Jul 15, 1869

Manitoba becomes a part of Canada

Canada buys land

Nov 19, 1869

Canada buys Rupert's land

Another new province

Jul 1, 1873

Prince Edward Island becomes a province of Canada

Prime Minister resigns

Nov 5, 1873

Prime Minister John A MacDonald resigns because of allegations of corruption

Alexander tells about the telephone

Sep 20, 1874

Alexander Graham Bell tells his father about the telephone in his house just outside of Brantford, Ontario

First "Hockey" game

Mar 3, 1875

The first "hockey" game was played in Montreal, Canada

Court established

Apr 20, 1875

The supreme court of Canada is established

first women to graduate medical school

Sep 20, 1883

Augusta Stowe, daughter of Emily Stowe, is the first women to graduate medical school a medical school in Canada

Canadian Pacific Railway finished

Nov 7, 1885

The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway is drove in