Editing 1710 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|1710}}
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Events from the year '''1710 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==
*[[List of Canadian monarchs|French Monarch]]: [[Louis XIV]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview {{!}} University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences |url=https://history.as.uky.edu/reign-louis-xiv-1643-1715-overview |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=history.as.uky.edu}}</ref>
*[[List of Canadian monarchs|British and Irish Monarch]]: [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Emson |first=H. E. |date=1992 |title=For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29715689 |journal=BMJ: British Medical Journal |volume=304 |issue=6838 |pages=1365–1366 |issn=0959-8138}}</ref>

===Governors===
*[[Governor General of the Province of Canada|Governor General of New France]]: [[Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=BAnQ numérique |url=http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=numerique.banq.qc.ca |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|Colonial Governor of Louisiana]]: [[Daniel d'Auger de Subercase]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography – PASTOUR DE COSTEBELLE, PHILIPPE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/pastour_de_costebelle_philippe_2E.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref>
*[[Governor of Nova Scotia]]: [[Samuel Vetch]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Peter Hume Brown |url=http://archive.org/details/historyscotland01browgoog |title=History of Scotland to the Present Time |date=1911 |publisher=The University Press |others=University of Michigan |language=English}}</ref>
*[[Colonial Governor of Newfoundland|Governor of Plaisance]]: [[Philippe Pastour de Costebelle]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D’ – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/auger_de_subercase_daniel_d_2E.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref>

==Events==
* The English recapture [[Acadia]], this time permanently, and rename it [[Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reid |first=John G. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442680883 |title=The 'Conquest' of Acadia, 1710: Imperial, Colonial, and Aboriginal Constructions |last2=Basque |first2=Maurice |last3=Mancke |first3=Elizabeth |last4=Moody |first4=Barry |last5=Plank |first5=Geoffrey |last6=Wicken |first6=William |date=2004 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-8538-2 |doi=10.3138/9781442680883}}</ref>
* Francis Nicholson captures [[Port Royal]] for [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1710 Detail, Siege of Port Royals by the English Succeeds, Pre-Revolution Timeline 1700s - America's Best History |url=https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1710m.html |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=americasbesthistory.com}}</ref>
* The English take Port Royal and name it [[Annapolis Royal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.1, Port Royal and The English Takeover: 1690-1712; Part 2; Ch. 3, Phips and the Taking of Port Royal (1690). |url=http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part2/Ch03.htm |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=www.blupete.com}}</ref>
* Three [[Mohawk nation|Mohawk]] chiefs and one [[Mahican]] are received in [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]'s court in England as the Four Kings of the New World.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MonkEL |date=2009-01-13 |title=Closing Exhibition: Four Indian Kings |url=https://npg.si.edu/blog/closing-exhibition-four-indian-kings |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=npg.si.edu |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
* October 7 - [[François-Josué de la Corne Dubreuil]], a soldier and trader. (died [[1753 in Canada|1753]])<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Oury |first=Guy-M. |date=1990 |title=Une famille canadienne dans la tourmente révolutionnaire : le Chevalier de la Corne |url=https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/cdd/1990-n45-cdd0569/1015569ar/ |journal=Les Cahiers des dix |language=fr |issue=45 |pages=67–94 |doi=10.7202/1015569ar |issn=0575-089X|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* July 23 - [[Jonathan Belcher (jurist)|Jonathan Belcher]], lawyer, chief justice, and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia (died [[1776 in Canada|1776]])<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10222/62899/dalrev_vol41_iss3_pp347_353.pdf |title=AMERICAN CANADIAN COLONIAL}}</ref>

==Historical documents==
[[Squadron (naval)|Squadron]] of [[Royal Navy#Age of Sail|Royal Navy]] ships and [[Troopship|transports]] with 2,000 troops [[Siege of Port Royal (1710)|takes Port Royal]] from French garrison<ref>[https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32416/897?r=0&s=3 "The Expedition against Port Royal"] Chap. XXX; Containing an Account[...]of the Expedition to, and Reduction of Port Royal in Nova Scotia, A Complete History of the most Remarkable Transactions at Sea[....] (1720), pgs. 765-7. Accessed 28 January 2021</ref>

Speaking to [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] in London, [[Mohicans|Mohican]] and [[Mohawk people|Kanien’kéhà:ka]] [[Four Mohawk Kings|chiefs]] request conquest of Canada for their better hunting and trade<ref>"194 The Four Indian Kings' Speech to the Queen" (April 20, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 2 February 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp68-84
Also at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/The_Four_Indian_Kings_Speech_To_Her_Majesty.png</ref>

[[Iroquois#Society|Haudenosaunee]] "inconstant in their Tempers, crafty, timorous, but quick of Apprehension, and very ingenious in their Way" (Note: [[Stereotypes of indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States|stereotypes]])<ref>[https://archive.org/details/fourkingsofcanad00lond/page/n15/mode/2up "Chap. I; A Description of the Country of Canada"] The Four Kings of Canada (1710), pgs. 8-11. Accessed 8 February 2021</ref>

[[Joseph Dudley#Queen Anne's War|Governor Dudley]] says taking Canada and Nova Scotia will capture [[naval stores]] trade entirely and safeguard inland settlement<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 "81 Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021</ref>

Argument for autumn [[Offensive (military)|offensive]] against Canada includes benefits of [[wikt:fair wind|fairer winds]] and higher (but still ice-free) water<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp108-122 "290 Mr. Dummer to (the Earl of Dartmouth?)"] (July 6, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021</ref>

Detailed list of armaments and personnel in Canada from [[Rivière-du-Loup|Riviere du Loup]] to [[Fort Frontenac|Cataraqui]] on Lake Ontario<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp326-331 "569 A View of Canada taken by Major John Livingston, with accot. of fortifications and number of men"] (December 27, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021</ref>

"A malignant fever[...]was very general both in [[Communauté métropolitaine de Québec|Quebec and in the surrounding country]] [and] carried off a vast number of persons"<ref>"April and May, 1710," Extracts from the Journal of the Jesuits from the year 1710 to 1755, The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 February 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to "malignant")</ref>

France has encroached on Newfoundland trade to point that "their riches and naval power[...]make [[Louis XIV#France as the pivot of warfare|all Europe stand in fear of them]]"<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp102-107 "250 i Considerations on the Trade to Newfoundland"] (received by Council of Trade and Plantations, May 26, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021</ref>

Newfoundlanders' work in [[History of Newfoundland and Labrador#Fishing|fishery]] and demand for goods is strong, but conditions "very deplorable" from lack of protection from [[History of Newfoundland and Labrador#International disputes|French]]<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 "85 Mr. Campbell to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021</ref>

Geography of [[Ferryland]], Newfoundland makes it excellent prospect for fortification to protect "every ship, stage, house and storehouse"<ref>[https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/archibald-cumings-memorial-1710.php "The Memorial of Archibald Cumings in Relation to the fortifying of Ferryland(...)"] (February 1, 1710). Accessed 3 February 2021</ref>

Mayors of [[History of Poole#Modern history|English towns]] report how many ships will go to Newfoundland this year, and how much Royal Navy protection will be needed<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 74-80; Letters of Bristol, Poole, Bideford, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Fowey, and Barnestaple mayors to Council of Trade and Plantations] (January 28–31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021</ref>

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