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1830
1839-05-11:
Ontario passes “An Act to Authorise the Erection of an Asylum within this Province for the Reception of Insane and Lunatic Person.”
1860
1865:
First proto-eugenics articles by Francis Galton in
MacMillan's Magazine
1866-02-20:
Gregor Mendel publishes his paper, “Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden”
1867:
Ugly Laws
1867:
Canadian Constitution Act gives federal parliament legislative authority over "Indians, and Lands reserved for Indians"
1869:
Galton publishes
Hereditary Genius
1870
1870:
Canadian Residential Schools in operation
1871:
Charles Darwin publishes
The Descent of Man
1869:
Galton publishes Hereditary Genius
1871:
Charles Darwin publishes The Descent of Man