Biography of the Day

Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.

 

FIDLER, ALFRED DAVIS  
21 Mar. 2019  

d. 21 March 1927 in Calgary

 
MUNN, JOHN (1788-1859)  
20 Mar. 2019  

d. 20 March 1859 at Quebec.

 
VALLÉE, CHARLES-AMÉDÉE  
19 Mar. 2019  

d. 19 March 1924 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Que.

 
BAXTER, AGNES SIME (Hill)  
18 Mar. 2019  

b. 18 March 1870 in Halifax

 
HOWARD, LEONORA ANNETTA (King)  
17 Mar. 2019  

b. 17 March 1851 near Farmersville (Athens), Upper Canada

 
SI’K-OKSKITSIS (Charcoal, Black Wood Ashes) (Paka’panikapi (Lazy Young Man), Opee-o’wun (The Palate))  
16 Mar. 2019  

d. 16 March 1897 by hanging at Fort Macleod (Alta)

 
PASKWĀW (Pasquah, Pisqua) (The Plain, Les Prairies)  
15 Mar. 2019  

d. 15 March 1889 on his reserve near Fort Qu’Appelle (Sask.)

 
FANNING, DAVID  
14 Mar. 2019  

d. 14 March 1825 in Digby, N.S.

 
CRESPEL, EMMANUEL (baptized Jacques-Philippe)  
13 Mar. 2019  

b. 13 March 1703 at Douai, France

 
BONFOY, HUGH  
12 Mar. 2019  

d. 12 March 1762

 
BURGESS, THOMAS JOSEPH WORKMAN  
11 Mar. 2019  

b. 11 March 1849 in Toronto

 
ROSS, HARRIET (Araminta) (Tubman; Davis) (Moses)  
10 Mar. 2019  

d. 10 March 1913 in Auburn, N.Y.