First Nations and Nouvelle-France By JoshuaH. Feb 16, 1534 Jaques Cartier lands in Newfoundland Feb 16, 1604 Champlain establishes Port Royal Jul 3, 1608 Champlain founds Quebec City Feb 16, 1663 First Filles du Roi arrive in New France Feb 16, 1665 Jean Talon intendant of New France Feb 16, 1668 Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay Feb 16, 1670 King of England grants Hudson's Bay Company a Monopoly of trade in Rupert's Land Feb 16, 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians Feb 16, 1756 Start of the Seven Year War Feb 16, 1759 British Conquest of Quebec Feb 16, 1760 Conclusion of British Conquest of Quebec Feb 16, 1763 End of the Seven Year War Feb 16, 1763 Treaty of Paris Feb 16, 1770 Establishment of Northwest Company Expansion of HBC trading posts into the interior; voyaguers and Metis nations Mar 2, 2022 Vikings Land in L'Anse aux Meadows Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Feb 16, 1770 The Migration into Canada