Sept 26, 1813 Amherstburg Ontario - William Henry Harrison's 4,500 US troops land near Fort Malden to move against Proctor up the Thames; beginning of American military rule in western Ontario for the remainder of the War of 1812. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sept 26, 1751 Halifax, Nova Scotia - 1,000 immigrants from Wurtemburg, Germany arrive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 26,1634 Quebec - Father Jean de Brébeuf baptizes the mother of an Indian chief. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------