April 27, 1841
Sir William McBean George Colebrooke is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, having previously been lieutenant-governor of the Leeward Islands and Antigua.
April 27, 1858
Michael Whelan (the “Poet of the Renous”) is born in Renous to Irish immigrant parents. At the age of 20, he takes up writing and becomes a well known folk poet all along the Miramichi.
April 27, 1884
Ivan C. Rand, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and conceiver of the "Rand Formula" for Unions, is born in Moncton.
April 27, 1895
Lilianne (Allain) Dubocquet is born in Néguac. A member of the Resistance Movement in Paris (France) during WWII, she later receives accolades from the United States and Britain for her work in sheltering escapees during the Nazi occupation.
April 27, 1950
Despite mass protests, Premier John B. McNair imposes a four percent sales tax in New Brunswick to help finance education and social services. Two years later, McNair and his party are defeated at the polls.
April 28, 1783
William Davidson of the Miramichi is elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly to represent Sunbury County (all of New Brunswick).
April 28, 1939
A twin-engine Russian monoplane attempting a non-stop flight from Moscow to New York runs out of fuel and crash-lands on Miscou Island.
April 29, 1916
New Brunswick adopts the practice of Daylight Saving time.
April 29, 1924
In St. Stephen, Arthur Hall and William McVay patent the Partitioned Concrete Sidewalk, which will prevent concrete breakage by allowing movement with the frost during winter. This invention is now standard practise in building sidewalks.
April 29, 1952
The city of Edmundston is incorporated.
April 30, 1765
Sunbury County is established as the northern-most county of Nova Scotia, encompassing most of present-day New Brunswick.
April 30, 1873
Fredericton City Council approves James Tibbetts' application to erect a sawmill on " The Green " below Christ Church Cathedral. Citizens are outraged and succeed in cancelling the project.
April 30, 1905
John Peters Humphrey, principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“The Magna Carta of Mankind”) is born in Hampton.
April 30, 1923
The hydro-electric dam at Musquash breaks "with a crashing that surpassed the loudest thunder", washing out everything in its path - houses, barns, roads and bridges.
May 1, 1837
Major-General Sir John Harvey is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. A popular and diplomatic leader, a dispute with the United States over the boundary line with Maine is brought to a peaceful settlement through his tact.
May 1, 1843
New Brunswick's first official coins, the Penny and Halfpenny Copper tokens, commence circulation. Before this date prices were quoted in New Brunswick currency, although Spanish, British, or American coins were actually used.
May 1, 1856
The Town of Woodstock is incorporated.
May 1, 1917
Prohibition commences in New Brunswick, making the sale of liquor unlawful - except for "medicinal, scientific, sacramental, and mechanical purposes". This law remains in effect for 10 years.
May 1, 1987
The Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) is proclaimed the provincial tree for New Brunswick, by an Order-in-Council.
May 2, 1786
The first libel trial in New Brunswick begins in Saint John. Printers William Lewis and John Ryan are charged with publishing inflammatory articles. They are found guilty by a jury, fined and made to post a security bond against future infractions.
May 2, 1811
Henry Chubb begins the "New Brunswick Courier" newspaper in Saint John. The Courier becomes a training ground for many prominent newspapermen, and champions the rights of the elected Assembly during the struggle for Responsible Government in the 1830's.
May 3, 1845
The revolutionary steamboat "Reindeer" is launched near the mouth of the Nashwaak River, opposite Fredericton. Equipped with the world's first practical marine compound steam engine and designed by New Brunswick inventor Benjamin F. Tibbitts.
May 3, 1860
"The Woodstock Journal" cries foul after discovering that local politician and postmaster Charles Connell has replaced Queen Victoria's head on the new five cent stamp with his own face. Connell later resigns his post in disgrace.
May 3, 1935
Bathurst's Sir James Dunn becomes Chairman and President of Algoma Steel.
May 3, 1945
The Town of Rothesay is incorporated.
May 3, 2003
Following a federal announcement that the Gulf of St. Lawrence crab quota will be reduced by 20%, enraged fishers in Shippagan set fire to 4 crab fishing boats, 2 processing plants, and a federal building.
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