In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New France">New France</a>, a  slave known by the French name of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Joseph_Angélique" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marie-Joseph Angélique">Marie-Joseph Angélique</a> is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.