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Significant Historical Happenings: 1756.
• In February, 1756, the Marquis de Montcalm was appointed the French commander in chief in America.
• April, 1756: Major Prebble is sent to Cape Sable and Port Latour to remove the Acadians found at these places; "to destroy all their buildings and carry them away to Boston."
• May 12th, 1756: Montcalm arrived at Quebec.
• May 14th, 1756: Proclamation at Halifax: bounty of £30 for every male Indian prisoner brought in above the age of 16 alive, £25 for every Indian woman or child brought in alive, £25 for every male Indian scalp.
• May 20th, 1756: The French fleet engages the badly equipped British fleet under Byng which was charged with bringing relief to the English garrison at Minorca. The French emerge victorious.
• June 9th, 1756: War is declared.
• June 15th, Governor and Council authorize a block house at LaHave. (See map.)
• July, 1756: A new commander in chief for America, the Earl of Loudoun, arrives at New York.
• July 23rd, 1756: Charles Lawrence is officially sworn in as governor and commander in chief of Nova Scotia. The order in Council is dated 22nd Dec., 1755 and sent out with a letter from the Board dated March 25th, 1756.
• July 26-27th, 1756: After having successfully delivered Montcalm (1712-59) and 1300 reinforcements to Quebec a small fleet sails into Louisbourg in order to leave off supplies.
• August 9th, 1756: War with France is formally declared at Halifax.
• August the 7th: Charles Holmes was now on blockade duty off Louisbourg.
• During the summer, fifteen French ships were condemned as prizes of war by the Halifax court and ordered to be auctioned.
• Fall, 1756: The British experienced so much difficulty with Indian raids at Fort Monckton (Fort Gasperaux) at Baie Verte that they abandon and burn it.
• December 4th, 1756, William Pitt came to the head of the English government.
• Little Dutch Church Archaeological Project (Built in 1756)
• Halifax starts developing : The seven years war with France (1756-1763) saw a burst of spending to develop Halifax 's land and naval defense resources, though the period immediately following the war saw a population decrease and economic downturn.