Timeline February 1841

Events in February 1841 2

• 1841 Province of Canada formed Upper and Lower Canada unite under one legislature The Act of Union 1840 came into force on 10 February 1841, merging Upper Canada and Lower Canada into a single Province of Canada. The new province had one legislature with equal representation from Canada West and Canada East, despite Lower Canada's larger population. The union aimed to assimilate French Canadians following the rebellions of 1837-38.
• 1841 – 1919 Pierre-Auguste Renoir Impressionism · France Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919) was a French Impressionist painter whose warm, sensuous depictions of leisure and pleasure are among the most joyful in art history.