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Significant Historical Happenings: 1751.
- In Connection With:
Bk. 1, Pt. 5, Ch. 6. - "Foreign Protestants By the Ship Load" (1750-52).
Bk. 1, Pt. 5, Ch. 9. - "The English Fortify Nova Scotia" (1749-54).- GENERALLY, 1751:
- Thomas Gray (1716-71) writes the meditative "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."
- A series of fortifications, the Peninsular Blockhouses, including the Peninsular Road are built across the narrowest part of Halifax peninsula, from the head of the North West Arm to Bedford Basin; thus closing the back door to attack. (See map.)
- MARCH, 1751:
- March: Cornwallis strengthens the English positions at Piziquid (Windsor), Fort Edward, Captain St. Loe, in charge; and, at Minas (Vieux Logis).
- March 20th: George II's (1683-1760) oldest son, the Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis, 1707-51) from whom the king was completely estranged, died.
- MAY, 1751:
- May 13th: Indians again attack Dartmouth, "killing, scalping and carrying off prisoners"; "several settlers were killed."
- JUNE, 1751:
- June 13th: "... the brig, Osborne, the first ship ever built in Halifax was launched."
- JULY, 1751:
- July 1st: British regiments, were, for the first time, officially designated by numbers; thus, that which had been known as Cornwallis', late Phillipp's, became the Fortieth Regiment of Foot ("The Fighting Fortieth").
- July 21st: (NS): Having set sail at Rotterdam, the Speedwell arrives at Halifax with 212 settlers aboard.
- August, 1751:
- August 3rd: Benjamin Green brings the first printing press to Nova Scotia.
- August 3rd: Comte de Raymond arrives to take over from Des Herbiers as the Governor of Louisbourg.
- Aug. 8th: Having set sail at Rotterdam, the Gale arrives at Halifax with 205 settlers aboard.
- SEPTEMBER, 1751:
- September 24th: Having set sail at Rotterdam, the Pearl arrives at Halifax with 232 settlers aboard.
- Sep. 13th: Des Herbiers sails for France.
- September 31st: Having set sail at Rotterdam, the Murdock arrives at Halifax with 269 settlers aboard.
- In 1751, Raymond builds a road connecting Louisbourg to Port Toulouse (St. Peters).
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