June 7

1904 - Lord Dundonald was dismissed as commander-in-chief of forces in Canada for criticizing the minister of Militia. This ended the practice of having Imperial officers command forces in Canada.

1887 - Sir Wilfrid Laurier was elected leader of the Liberal party. The Liberals were in opposition then, but he won a general election in 1896 by opposing the Roman Catholic church (even though he was himself a devout Catholic) over the Manitoba separate schools question.

1886 - Archbishop Taschereau was made the first Canadian Cardinal.

1870 - The first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Canada was held.

1819 - The fourth session of the Seventh Parliament opened. Legislation included a validity act for married women.

1677 - La Durantaye claimed the Lake Huron-Lake Erie area for France.

1585 - John Davis made his first voyage to Davis Strait.

1576 - Martin Frobisher began his first voyage to Baffin Land.
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June 8

1963 - Prime Minister Pearson and American Ambassador Butterworth attended the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Stoney Creek.

1866 - Parliament began its last session as the Province of Canada. The next session would be as the new Dominion.

1859 - Governor Douglas established the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

1832 - The ship Carrick from Dublin arrived at Quebec with half its passengers dead from cholera.

1824 - Quebecer Noah Cushing obtained a patent for a washing machine.

1790 - King's College opened its doors in Windsor, Nova Scotia.

1789 - Spaniards seized Meares' vessel North West America at Nootka, Vancouver Island.

1731 - La Verendrye and party left Montreal to explore the west.
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June 9

1946 - William Lyon Mackenzie King established a record for the longest service as Prime Minister of Canada.

1846 - A bad fire at St. John's, Newfoundland, destroyed 2,000 homes.

1841 - The legislative council held its first meeting at Kingston.

1829 - The first public temperance meeting in Canada took place at Montreal, Quebec

1790 - David Thompson began a survey of the Saskatchewan River to Hudson Bay.

1775 - Governor Carleton declared martial law due to the American Revolutionary War.
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June 10

1963 - Three men were identified as leaders of the Quebec Freedom League that had been bombing installations.

1957 - Conservatives won the general election with 112 seats, Liberals 105 seats, Co-operative Commonwealth Federalism (C.C.F.) 25 seats, and Social Credit 19 seats.

1947 - United States' President Truman arrived in Ottawa, Ontario for a state visit until June 12.

1937 - Sir Robert Borden died.

1884 - Louis Riel left a school teaching job in Montana to return to the prairies to lead the rebellion.

1878 - Victoria, British Columbia, was fortified because of possible war with Russia.

1857 - A bill was passed which put Canada on the dollar system.

1837 - The Upper Canada Academy opened at Cobourg, Ontario.

1810 - The Halifax "old town clock" arrived on the H.M.S. Dart.

1650 - Jesuits abandoned the last mission raided by the Iroquois in the Huron country.
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June 25

1638: The first astronomical event recorded in North America was a lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse occurs when a full moon passes through the Earth's shadow. Lunar eclipses, visible to the naked eye, gave astronomers information about the solar system long before telescopes existed. Aristotle even used a lunar eclipse to determine that the Earth is round.
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