Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
618
Hudson Bay Company
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Beatrice Webb | BW
's father, Richard Potter
, was a business entrepreneur. His financial interests were many and wide-ranging; his directorships included the Great Western Railway
, the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
, and the Hudson Bay Company |
| Occupation | R. M. Ballantyne | Initially RMB
worked in Canada as an apprentice clerk for the Hudson Bay Company
, but he soon found himself trading furs and managing trading posts. The letters he wrote to his mother during this... |
| Publishing | Jane Marcet | Marcet received advice and encouragement in her project both from her husband
and from one of his medical friends, Dr John Yelloy
. Yelloy advised her to keep her style serious but accessible, and also... |
Timeline
2 May 1670: Charles II signed the charter for the Hudson,...
National or international item
2 May 1670
Charles II
signed the charter for the Hudson, or Hudson's, Bay Company
, giving it trading rights in Rupert's Land.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
307
13 July 1713: The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish...
National or international item
13 July 1713
The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish Succession, known in North America as Queen Anne's War.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
345, 503, 660, 670
Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13. 22
6 June 1834: The sixth Earl of Selkirk agreed to return...
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6 June 1834
The sixth Earl of Selkirk
agreed to return Assiniboia (now Saskatchewan) to the Hudson Bay Company
for £15,000 of Company stock.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 458
6 June 1834: The sixth Earl of Selkirk agreed to return...
National or international item
6 June 1834
The sixth Earl of Selkirk
agreed to return Assiniboia (now Saskatchewan) to the Hudson Bay Company
for £15,000 of Company stock.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 458
18 March 1836: The Hudson Bay Company's Beaver, the first...
Building item
18 March 1836
The Hudson Bay Company
's Beaver, the first steamer on the northern Pacific, arrived at Fort Vancouver.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 459
30 May 1838: The Hudson Bay Company was granted a new...
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30 May 1838
The Hudson Bay Company was granted a new charter for twenty-one years.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
461
2 August 1858: The Imperial Act provided British Columbia,...
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2 August 1858
The Imperial Act provided British Columbia, no longer under the jurisdiction of the Hudson Bay Company
, with its own government.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 470
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
835
19 November 1869: The Hudson Bay Company sold Rupert's Land,...
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19 November 1869
The Hudson Bay Company
sold Rupert's Land, or the North West Territories (now Nunavut), to the Crown for £300,000, all except for one twentieth of the land, which it retained.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 475
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
835
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