| May 10, 1937 |
Michael Whelan, the �Poet of the Renous�, dies in Chatham. A well known folk poet who extolled the beauties of the Miramichi, Whelan dies in poverty and is buried in a pauper�s grave. |
| May 10, 1873 |
Nearly 600 Scottish immigrants aboard the "Castalia" arrive in Saint John harbour, destined to establish the "Scotch Colony" of Kincardine. |
| May 10, 1783 |
The first Loyalist ships sail into Saint John harbour. The tiny Parrtown settlement is soon overflowing with refugees. A fleet of 20 vessels had left Sandy Hook in New York with Americans loyal to the British crown. |
| May 11, 1963 |
While visiting President Kennedy in Massachusetts, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson accepts former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's summer residence on Campobello Island as an international park. |
| May 5, 1905 |
The first automobile license in New Brunswick is issued to J. Walter Holley of Saint John, for his 18 horsepower Rambler. |
| May 5, 1909 |
Convicts William Parks and Carl Schultz escape from a chain gang working near Saint John. Schultz is quickly rearrested; but Parks remains on the loose for some time. Parks was serving a one year sentence for stealing a pair of boots. |
| May 6, 1845 |
William Watts of Fredericton is granted a patent on the "Watts Potato Digger". |
| May 6, 1784 |
Moses Gerrish begins the Loyalist settlement of Grand Manan, with 50 families on a small island forming the eastern side of Grand Harbour (Ross Island). |
| May 7, 1869 |
New Brunswick's Provincial Seal is authorized by Royal Warrant. |
| May 7, 1823 |
Major-General George Stracey Smythe, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, dies in Fredericton and is buried in the vault of the Parish Church. His remains are later transferred to the vault of Christ Church Cathedral after its completion in 1853. |
| May 7, 1901 |
Moncton inventor Alex Carter and machinist Walter S. Bowness build New Brunswick's first automobile in their shop on Victoria Street. |
| May 7, 1945 |
German forces surrender in western Europe and World War II ends in Europe. |
| May 8, 1901 |
The community of Kingston, in Kent County, officially changes its name to Rexton. |
| May 8, 1828 |
John Baker goes to trial in Fredericton for conspiracy. Baker had raised the American flag over Madawaska Settlement, claiming the area as United States territory. Upon resisting arrest, he was finally taken prisoner by posse. |
| May 8, 1871 |
The Treaty of Washington sets out rights for American access to Canadian inshore fishing waters, as well as some navigation rights on Canadian rivers, including allowing Maine's lumber industry to float logs down the St. John River. |
| May 8, 1989 |
Leopold Belliveau is elected Moncton's first Acadian mayor. |
| May 8, 1848 |
The vessel "Star" out of Ireland, with 63 of 383 passengers sick with typhus, arrives at St. Andrews. The immigrants had hoped to find work constructing the new St. Andrews & Quebec Railway, but are quarantined on Hospital Island in Passamaquoddy Bay. |
| May 8, 1818 |
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, one of Canada's most important Fathers of Confederation, is born in Gagetown. |
| May 9, 1909 |
Canada's foremost performer of old-time fiddle music, Don Messer is born in Tweedside. During the 1930's Messer forms his first band, "The New Brunswick Lumberjacks" and later gains national recognition with the CBC television show "Don Messer's Jubilee". |
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