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Jun 24, 1497
John Cabot claims new world territory
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Jul 24, 1534
Jacques Cartier on Peninsula claims area for France
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Champlain founds Quebec , City
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Henry Hudson cast adrift in James Bay mutineers
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Champlain dies in Quebec aged 65
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Frontenac awes restless Iroquois at Kingston Ont
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La Salle claims Louisianna for France
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Lachine massecre starts new series of Iroquois raids
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Iroquois sign lasting peace with New France
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Port Royal surrenders for the last time to the English
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Manitoba joins Confederation
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Riel establishes a legal provisional government in Ruperts Land
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Thomas Scott executed on orders of Riel
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British Columbia joins confederation
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Prince Edward Island joins confederation
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Supreme Court is established
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Bells first functioning telephone demonstrated in Boston
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Secret ballot used for the first time in federal general election
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Sandford Fleming proposes the idea of standard time
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Riel is hanged in Regina