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Apr 14, 1534
Cartier lands in Newfoundland
was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. -
Champlain establishes Port Royal
was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler, who founded Quebec City. It was the first European settlement in Canada. -
Champlain establishes Quebec City
He founded Quebec City and is the Father of New France -
First Filles du Rois arrive in New France.
The King's Daughters or King's Girls were between 700 and 900 Frenchwomen who immigrated to New France under the monetary sponsorship of Louis XIV. The government sponsored them so settlers in the colony could marry and start families to populate New France. -
Jean Talon, intendant of New France
The first intendant of New France was Jean Talon, appointed in 1665 when the colony became a royal province of France. It was Talon who took the first census of the colony in 1666. Talon also established many industries in New France, including shipbuilding. -
Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay
Radisson's first trip west was undertaken with his brother-in-law in 1659. They wintered southwest of Lake Superior in Sioux country. It was probably during this trip that the two men first heard of Hudson Bay and the treasure of beaver to be found in that area. In the spring Radisson and Des Groseilliers returned to Montreal laden with furs, most of which were promptly confiscated by corrupt officials. From this point on, patriotism played little part in the adventures of Radisson. -
King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland
The Hudson's Bay Company is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. The company was incorporated by British royal charter in 1670 as The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay. Now domiciled in Canada and headquartered in the Simpson Tower in Toronto, it has legally adopted the more common shorter name. -
Expulsion of the Acadians
The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal of the Acadian people from present day Canadian Maritime provinces — Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island . The Expulsion occurred during the French and Indian War. They were deported to other British colonies, Britain, and France, between 1755 and 1763. -
Seven Years War
The Seven Years' War was a global military conflict between 1754/56/57 and 1762/63, involving most of the great powers of the time, and first nations and affecting North and Central America, Europe, the West African coast, India and the Philippines. In the historiography of some countries, the war is alternatively named after respective theaters: French and Indian War -
British conquest of Quebec
. In Canada, the Seven Years' War in French speakers in Quebec often call it La guerre de la Conquête ("The War of Conquest"). -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. The treaty marked the beginning of an extensive period of British dominance outside Europe. Notably, the treaty did not involve either Prussia or Austria who signed a separate Treaty of Hubertusburg. -
Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation
The Hudson's Bay Company abbreviated HBC is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. The company was incorporated by British royal charter in 1670 as The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay. Now domiciled in Canada and headquartered in the Simpson Tower in Toronto, it has legally adopted the more common shorter name. -
Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows
Centuries before Christopher Columbus left Spain and discovered America, Viking raiders and Norse traders were already sailing across the cold and dangerous Atlantic.They settled in Iceland and Greenland and also a legendary place called Vinland. -
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the first nation
