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This Week in New Brunswick History!

March 24, 1829 George Francis Train, author, Sussex newspaper editor and campaigner for pauper law reform, is born in Boston.
March 25, 1820 The Bank of New Brunswick is the first bank incorporated in Atlantic Canada. It begins operations on Prince William Street in Saint John, with an initial capital of �50,000.
March 25, 1965 The New Brunswick flag is flown for the first time.
March 25, 1938 Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption is proclaimed patron Saint of Acadians by the Vatican.
March 27, 1845 Albert County is established out of Westmorland County, with Hopewell as the Shire Town.
March 27, 1632 Isaac de Razilly is placed in charge of the Company of New France at Port Royal, and is later appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Acadia. This throws into doubt Charles de Saint-�tienne de La Tour's appointment as commander of Acadia.
March 27, 1855 The Liquor Prohibition Bill is passed in the Legislative Assembly. This unpopular law takes effect January 1, 1856 and is repealed six months later, after Tilley's "Smasher Government" loses the provincial election.
March 28, 1888 By an Act of the Legislature, Robert Coll is given authority to provide electricity to light the Town of Newcastle.
March 28, 1766 Michael Francklin, merchant-policitian , is appointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia (including present-day New Brunswick).
March 29, 1632 Under the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, England agrees to return Acadia and New France (Qu�bec) to France.
March 29, 1929 CFBO Radio in Saint John hosts Don Messer's first broadcast with a group known as "The New Brunswick Lumberjacks".
March 29, 1867 The British North America Act, uniting the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into one Dominion of Canada, receives Royal Assent in London (England).
March 30, 1894 The Women's Enfranchisement Association of New Brunswick is organized in Saint John, under the presidency of Sarah Manning.
March 30, 1848 The City of Fredericton is incorporated.

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