   events from the year 1853 in canada. ==events== *february 23 - a description of the proposed bridge across the st. lawrence is published. *june 6 - gavazzi riot in quebec are quelled by military. *june 18 - the grand trunk railway is opened to portland. *june 26 - investigation of the riot proceeds, at montreal. *july - irregular calling of jurors delays trial for riot. ===full date unknown=== *the first canadian railroad is built, running from portland, maine from montreal. *the grand trunk railway is chartered. *mary ann shadd becomes the first woman in north america to become editor of a newspaper. working out of chatham, ontario, she publishes, edits and writes in the provincial freeman, a newspaper serving the black community in ontario. *russian explorer-trappers find oil seeps in cook inlet. ==births== *february 15 - rodmond roblin, businessman, politician and 9th premier of manitoba (died 1937) *march 23 - donald mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur (died 1934) *july 18 - william mcguigan, politician and 10th mayor of vancouver (died 1908) *august 10 - pierre-Ãvariste leblanc, politician and lieutenant governor of quebec (died 1918) *september 25 - henry emmerson, lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist and 8th premier of new brunswick (died 1914) *november 13 - joseph boutin bourassa, politician (died 1943) *december 19 - charles fitzpatrick, lawyer, politician and 5th chief justice of canada (died 1942) ==deaths== *february 5 - thomas talbot, army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician (born 1771) *march 31 - william crane, merchant, justice of the peace, judge, and politician (born 1785) *june 7 - norbert provencher, clergyman, missionary and bishop (born 1787) *july 11 - william allan, banker and politician (born 1770)  
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