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Events from the year 1861 in Canada .
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 United States 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.
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July 11 - John Best , politician (died 1923 )
September 5 - Tobias Norris , politician and 10th Premier of Manitoba (died 1936 )
September 18 - Ella Cora Hind , journalist and women's rights activist (died 1942 )
September 19 - Charles Ernest Gault , politician (died 1946 )
October 31 - James Bowman , politician (died 1940 )
November 4 - Raoul Dandurand , politician (died 1942 )
November 6 - James Naismith , sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball (died 1939 )
November 17 - Archibald Lampman , poet (died 1899 )
December 22 - Sara Jeannette Duncan , author and journalist (died 1922 )
February 3 - Louis-Théodore Besserer , notary, soldier, politician, and businessman (born 1785 )
February 13 - Denis-Benjamin Viger , politician, businessman and politician (born 1774 )
November 9 - Howard Douglas , soldier, educator, author, inventor, and colonial administrator (born 1776 )