Biography of the Day

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

 

BRUCE (Brousse), JOHN (1837-93)  
26 Oct. 2025  

d. 26 Oct. 1893 in Leroy, N.Dak.

 
SAINT-PIERRE, TÉLESPHORE  
25 Oct. 2025  

d. 25 Oct. 1912 in St Boniface, Man.

 
MACK, THEOPHILUS  
24 Oct. 2025  

d. 24 Oct. 1881 in St Catharines

 
LANCASTER, JOSEPH  
23 Oct. 2025  

d. 23 Oct. 1838 in New York

 
GIRDWOOD, GILBERT PROUT  
22 Oct. 2025  

d. 2 Oct. 1917 at his home on Rue University, Montreal

 
ALCALÁ-GALIANO, DIONISIO  
21 Oct. 2025  

d. 21 Oct. 1805 in the battle of Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain

 
GENDRON, PHILOMÈNE (baptized Hermine-Philomène)  
20 Oct. 2025  

d. 20 Oct. 1921 at the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal

 
LEBLANC, <em>dit</em> Le Maigre, JOSEPH  
19 Oct. 2025  

d. 19 Oct. 1772 at Kervaux, in the parish of Le Palais, Belle-Île, France

 
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT  
18 Oct. 2025  

b. 18 Oct. 1919 in Outremont (Montreal)

 
VALLÉE, CHARLES-AMÉDÉE  
17 Oct. 2025  

b. 17 Oct. 1850 in Saint-Roch parish at Quebec

 
ARSENAULT, JOSEPH-OCTAVE (1866-1918)  
16 Oct. 2025  

b. 16 Oct. 1866

 
MACDONALD, RONALD (1797–1854)  
15 Oct. 2025  

d. 15 Oct. 1854 at Quebec