Feb 22
1732 George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born in the Virginia Colony.
1813 Lt-Col "Red George" Macdonnell of the Glengarry Light Infantry set out from Prescott with a force of some 400 regulars and militia to attack Ogdensburg, New York. They routed the American garrison.
1903 Morley Edward Callaghan was born in Toronto.
Feb 23
1633 Samuel Pepys, English diarist and naval administrator, was born.
1685 George Frideric Handel, German born English Composer, was born in Germany.
1782 Guy Carleton named Commander in Chief of British North America.
1836 The siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
1875 Hull incorporated as a city; formerly Wrightville.
1893 Former Governor General Lord Stanley donates the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, later known as the Stanley Cup, to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association Champions.
1909 John McCurdy flies the AEA-designed Silver Dart at an altitude of about 9 metres for 2.5 km at speed of up to 65 kph across the ice of Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia; First airplane flight in Canada by a Canadian; First powered flight in the British Empire.
1997 Scientists in Scotland announced they had cloned an adult mammal, producing a lamb named Dolly.
Feb 24
1582 Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull outlining his calendar reforms. (The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)
1825 Sir Richard W Scott, secretary of state for Canada from 1874-78 and 1896-1908, and father of the Canada Temperance Act of 1878, was born in Prescott.
1836 The Bytown Independent and Farmer's Advocate ws established in Bytown by James Johnson.
1986 Tommy Douglas, former Saskatchewan CCF Premier and national NDP leader was the First in North America to bring in government Medicare health plan, dies.
2006 Earthquake of 4.5 in magnitude strikes the Ottawa Valley ranging from Eastern Ontario to Western Quebec.
Feb 25
1570 Pope Pius V excommunicated England's Queen Elizabeth I.
1752 John Graves Simcoe, first Lt. governor of Upper Canada, was born in Cotterstock, England.
1836 Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.
1873 Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor, was born. Died Aug. 2, 1921.
1903 Frank Michael "King" Clancy was born in Canada.
1972 Ontario Hydro opens $75 million Pickering Nuclear Generating Station; first commercial nuclear power station in Canada.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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