Biography of the Day

Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.

 

ANGERS, FRANÇOIS-RÉAL  
20 Nov. 2015  

b. 20 Nov. 1812 at Pointe-aux-Trembles (Neuville), Lower Canada

 
BROWNE, GEORGE  
19 Nov. 2015  

d. 19 Nov. 1885 in Montreal, Que.

 
McCALL, DUNCAN  
18 Nov. 2015  

b. 18 Nov. 1769 in Basking Ridge, N.J.

 
GAULTIER DE VARENNES ET DE LA VÉRENDRYE, PIERRE (Boumois)  
17 Nov. 2015  

b. 17 Nov. 1685 at Trois-Rivières

 
McCHESNEY, SARAH (Hayward)  
16 Nov. 2015  

b. 16 Nov. 1839 in London, England

 
JONES, OLIVER  
15 Nov. 2015  

d. 15 Nov. 1899 in Moncton, N.B .

 
BIRCHALL, REGINALD (Lord Frederick A. Somerset)  
14 Nov. 2015  

d. 14 Nov. 1890 in Woodstock, Ont.

 
PAPINEAU, DENIS-BENJAMIN  
13 Nov. 2015  

b. 13 Nov. 1789 in Montreal

 
BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS-ANTOINE DE, Comte de BOUGAINVILLE  
12 Nov. 2015  

b. 12 Nov. 1729 in Paris, France

 
SHIWAK (Sikoak), JOHN  
11 Nov. 2015  

d. 20 or 21 Nov. 1917 near Masnières, France

 
CAREY, ELIZABETH (Murray)  
10 Nov. 2015  

b. 10 Nov. 1835 in Baie Verte, N.B.

 
PAYEN DE NOYAN, MARIE-CATHERINE, named de Saint-Alexis  
9 Nov. 2015  

d. 9 Nov. 1818 at Quebec