| 1815 |
Born in Glasgow, Scotland on January 11 |
| 1820 |
Moves to Kingston, Ontario |
| 1836 |
Called to Bar on February 6 at the age of 21 |
| 1856 |
Becomes Premier of Canada West and names first Cabinet |
| 1867 |
Elected First Prime Minister of Canada |
| 1869 |
Canada acquires Northwest Territories from HBC and faces uprising in Manitoba |
| 1870 |
Manitoba becomes Canada’s first new province |
| 1871 |
BC joins Confederation with a promise of transcontinental railway |
| 1873 |
PEI joins Confederation and Northwest Mounted Police is created |
| 1873 |
Pacific Scandal causes fall of government |
| 1878 |
"Grand Old Man" re-elected on strength of National Policy |
| 1879 |
The National Policy implemented to protect Central and Atlantic Canada’s manufacturing and processing industries |
| 1885 |
Last Spike of the CPR driven in on November 9 in Craigellachie British Columbia |
| 1885 |
Riel Rebellion results in hanging of Louis Riel for sedition |
| 1891 |
After two more consecutive victories, Macdonald dies on June 6 at the age of 76 |
