Events from the year 1709 in Canada.
Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XIV British and Irish Monarch: Anne
Governors Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle
Events In New France, slavery becomes legal.
Births September 7 (O.S. September 18 - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784) September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772)
Deaths August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616) September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632)
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