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April 14 - A major flood hits Montreal
April 15 - Nova Scotia: resolution for provincial union by Joseph Howe for referral to the other British North American provinces in July.
May 13 - The UK declares its neutrality in American Civil War.
June 1 - The UK bans naval craft or privateers of American belligerents from carrying prizes into British ports or territorial waters.
November 8 - The Trent Affair: British packet steamer Trent stopped by Northern warship in international waters. Two Confederate diplomats taken off and imprisoned in Boston.
November 28 - Viscount Monck becomes Governor-General.
December 3 - The UK sends reinforcements to British North America.
December 23 - The UK demands release of Confederate diplomats taken from Trent.
December 26 - Confederate diplomats taken from Trent released.
Joseph Howe became Premier of Nova Scotia
Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott becomes the first Canadian Born Black to graduate from medical school.
The Cariboo Gold Rush starts in British Columbia.