Historedia
Person

Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1793–1796

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. John Graves Simcoe founds Toronto

    1793–1796

    Role: Namesake of the town of York

    1. 1793 · town of York (present-day Toronto)Simcoe establishes York at Toronto

      Simcoe founded the town of York in 1793 on Toronto Purchase lands, naming it after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany.

    2. August 1793 – 1796 · Queen's Rangers road route through Upper CanadaQueen's Rangers begin road construction

      Simcoe began building two roads through Upper Canada for defence, settlement, and trade, with the Queen's Rangers starting work in August 1793.

Sources

  1. Toronto Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
  2. John Graves Simcoe Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27