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Date |
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| 1 | 1755 | - 1755—1775: Smalpox epidemic
From 1755 to 1775, smallpox struck again. This epidemic even affected the Seven Years' War, derailing captain Vaudreuil's military plans to attack New England. Over 2,500 cases were reported in Québec City in the first two years, with a mortality rate approaching 20% of the city. The smallpox that ravaged the country during this two-year period is considered the worst smallpox epidemic in Canadian history.
Incredibly, smallpox may have been used as a biological weapon against Indigenous people in the 1760s. Correspondence uncovered between Jeffery Amherst, commander in chief of the British forces in North America and one of his colonels, discuss the tactic of giving contaminated blankets to the Indigenous. We don't know for certain that Amherst's directives were followed, but the outrage it caused in recent years was enough to see Amherst's name removed from a Montreal street. It is now called Atateken Street, meaning "brothers and sisters" in the Kanienʼkéha language.
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| 2 | 1758 | - 6 Jul 1758—2 Feb 1769: Pope Clement XIII
Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, born 7 March 1693 in Venice, Republic of Venice
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| 3 | 1769 | - 19 May 1769—22 Sep 1774: Pope Clement XIV
Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, O.F.M. Conv., born in 31 October 1705 Sant'
Arcangelo di Romagna, Papal States
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| 4 | 1775 | - 15 Feb 1775—29 Aug 1779: Pope Pius VI
Giovanni Angelo Onofrio Melchiorre Natale Antonio Braschi, born 25 December 1717 in Cesena, Papal States
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| 5 | 1789 | - 30 Apr 1789—4 Mar 1797: George Washington, US President
(1732–1799)
John Adams, VP
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| 6 | 1797 | - 4 Mar 1797—4 Mar 1801: John Adams, President, USA
(1735–1826)
Federalist - Thomas Jefferson, vice-president
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| 7 | 1800 | - 14 Mar 1800—20 Aug 1823: Pope Pius VII
Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, O.S.B., born 14 August 1742 in Cesena, Papal States
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| 8 | 1801 | - 4 Mar 1801—4 Mar 1809: Thomas Jefferson, US President
(1743–1826)
Democratic-Republican
Aaron Burr, VP (1801-1804); George Clinton, VP (1804-1809)
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