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Key Events in the History of Nova Scotia: 1841.
- Feb 3rd: The Sixteenth Assembly of the Nova Scotia Legislature convened.
- March 30th: Thomas Chandler Haliburton appointed to the bench.
- May 12th: First officials of the City of Halifax elected.
- June 6th: Census in Great Britain: The first useful census is the 1841 census as this was the first time that actual names were recorded.
- June 14th: The first parliament of the united Canadas was opened in the city of Kingston. This was the first in a series of parliaments which lasted until confederation in 1867.
- December 30th: Howe's valedictory editorial appears in The Novascotian.
- General election in Britain. Whigs voted out of office on the question of free trade in corn.
- William John Harrison (1773-1841) is sworn in as President of the United States, and within a month of his inauguration he died of pneumonia; the Vice President, John Tyler (1790-1862) took over.
- First hotel in Halifax, The Halifax Hotel, was established.
- In England, the first Punch magazine comes out.
- By an act of the legislature provisions were made for "Great Roads east and west from Halifax."
- The Inferior Court of Common Pleas, which had been composed of five local JPs, abolished.
- An Act to abolish certain types of punishment: "Pillory, Cutting off the Ears and Whipping."
- An Act "to incorporate the Trustees of St. Mary's College at Halifax" (Incorporated as in university in 1873)
- Halifax was incorporated as a city.
- [Backward In Time (1840)]
[Forward In Time (1842)]- Feb 3rd: The Sixteenth Assembly of the Nova Scotia Legislature convened.
