Rebellions of 1837–38
1837–1838 · Event
Reformers rise in both Canadas against oligarchic rule — Papineau's Patriotes and Mackenzie's farmers are crushed, but the rebellions force London to rethink the colonies.
On these timelines: Canada, Master, British Empire
More from Canada
- Canadian Confederation (1867)
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759)
- Champlain founds Quebec (1608)
- New France (1608)
- Cartier claims Canada for France (1534)
- Constitution patriated with the Charter (1982)
- John Cabot reaches North America (1497)
- Hudson's Bay Company chartered (1670)
Around 1837
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- Opium Wars (1839)
- Reign of Victoria (1837)
- Victorian era (1837)
- First public demonstration of surgical anaesthesia (1846)
- Abolition of slavery in British Empire (1833)
- Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1831)
- Treaty of Waitangi signed (1840)
- Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials (1829)