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Louis Riel
Led two resistances, brought a province into Confederation, and was hanged for treason at 41.
Life story
- October 22, 1844 · Red River, Manitoba
Born in the Red River Settlement - November 2, 1869 · Upper Fort Garry
Seized Upper Fort Garry and formed a provisional government - May 12, 1870 · Winnipeg
His list of rights became the Manitoba Act - 1875 · Ottawa
Exiled for five years after the execution of Thomas Scott; elected MP three times without sitting - June 1884 · Batoche, Saskatchewan
Brought back from Montana by Gabriel Dumont to lead the Saskatchewan Métis - May 15, 1885 · Batoche
Surrendered after the four-day defeat at Batoche - November 16, 1885 · Regina
Hanged at Regina; buried at St. Boniface Cathedral
In the timeline
- 1869 — The Red River Resistance
- 1870 — Manitoba joins
- 1885 — The North-West Resistance
- 1885 — Riel is hanged