7 December 1837
Battle of Montgomerys Tavern
Leads Upper Canada rebels gathered near Montgomerys Tavern.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Toronto in Canada. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Leads Upper Canada rebels gathered near Montgomerys Tavern.
Flees after loyalist militia breaks the rebellion outside Toronto.
Serves briefly as joint premier before Confederation.
Forms a short-lived reform ministry in the Province of Canada.
Birth of Neil Percival Young, later singer songwriter, guitarist and major Canadian rock figure.
Writes Sugar Mountain, later one of his most enduring early autobiographical songs.
Joins The Mynah Birds shortly before moving to Los Angeles and forming Buffalo Springfield.
Provenance
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