July 8,1792 (http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/images/otd.98.07.08.b.lg.gif) Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario - John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806 assumes office as the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada; until July 20, 1796. -------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 8,1899 London Ontario - Troops called in to stop rioting during two-day streetcar workers strike in London. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 8,1852 Montreal Quebec - Fire in east end of Montreal leaves over 10,000 homeless. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 8,1760 Restigouche New Brunswick - John Byron defeats French relief force under François-Gabriel d'Angéac (1708-1782); , in last naval battle in New France, the Battle of the Ristigouche, at mouth of Restigouche River. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 8,1759 Niagara New York - Brigadier General John Prideaux demands that French Commander Pouchot surrender Fort Niagara; Pouchot refuses, saying 'He did not understand English'; the English start their siege by building a zig-zag trench towards the fort to mine the walls; Pouchot sends a dispatch to Lignery at Fort Machault, for reinforcements; Lignery immediately cancels his attack on Pittsburgh, and departs for Niagara. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ July 8,1758 Ticonderoga New York - Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm 1712-1759 holds Fort Carillon; drives off 6,000 British regulars and 9,000 American militia under James Abercromby (1732-1775). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------