DATES OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF CANADA DOWN TO 1763

North America discovered by Cabot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1497

Cartier’s first voyage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1534

Cartier’s second voyage and discovery of the St. Lawrence . . . 1535

Champlain’s first voyage to North America . . . . . . . . . . . 1603

Founding of Port Royal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605

Quebec founded by Champlain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1608

Hudson discovers the Hudson River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609

Hudson discovers Hudson Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610

Port Royal destroyed by Argall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1613

Grant of Acadia to Sir W. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1621

Company of the One Hundred Associates incorporated . . . . . . 1627

Quebec taken from the French by Kirke . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1629

Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye. Canada restored to France . . . 1632

Death of Champlain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1635

Founding of Montreal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1642

Acadia taken by the English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1645

Destruction of the Huron Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1648-50

Company of One Hundred Associates dissolved and Canada taken over by the French Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1663

New York taken by Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1664

Expedition of Tracy and Courcelles against the Five Nations . . 1666

La Salle comes to Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1666

Treaty of Breda. Acadia restored to the French . . . . . . . . 1667

La Salle supposed to have discovered the Ohio . . . . . . . . 1669-71

Incorporation of the Hudson Bay Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 1670

Count Frontenac’s first government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1672-82

Founding of Fort Frontenac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1673

Joliet and Marquette reach the Mississippi from Lake Michigan . 1673

Treaty of Westminster. New York finally ceded to Great Britain 1674

La Salle descends the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico . . . . 1682

La Salle’s expedition to Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1684-5

Treaty of Whitehall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1686

Forts in Hudson Bay raided by Iberville . . . . . . . . . . . . 1686

Death of La Salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687

Massacre of Lachine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1689

Count Frontenac’s second government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1689-98

Port Royal taken by Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1690

Phipps' expedition against Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1690

Peace of Ryswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1697

First colonization of Louisiana by Iberville . . . . . . . . . 1699

Founding of Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1701

Callieres' Treaty with the Five Nation Indians . . . . . . . . 1701

Five Nation Indians acknowledge supremacy of Great Britain . . 1701

Port Royal taken by Nicholson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1710

Expedition of Walker and Hill against Quebec . . . . . . . . . 1711

Peace of Utrecht. Hudson Bay and Acadia ceded to Great Britain 1713

English fort built at Oswego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1727

Western discoveries by the Verendryes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1731-43

First siege and capture of Louisbourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1745

Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1748

Halifax founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1749

Fort Duquesne built by the French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1754

Expulsion of the Acadians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1755

The Alcide and the Lys taken by Boscawen . . . . . . . . . 1755

Braddock defeated on the Monongahela . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1755

Johnson’s victory over Dieskau at Lake George . . . . . . . . . 1755

Oswego taken by Montcalm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1756

William Shirley recalled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1756

Abortive attempt against Louisbourg by Loudoun and Holborne . . 1757

Fort William Henry taken by Montcalm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1757

Pitt comes into power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1757

Louisbourg taken by Amherst and Wolfe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1758

Abercromby defeated at Ticonderoga and Lord Howe killed . . . . 1758

Fort Frontenac taken by Bradstreet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1758

Fort Duquesne taken by Forbes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1758

Fort Niagara taken by Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1759

Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken by Amherst . . . . . . . . . 1759

Battle of Quebec. Deaths of Wolfe and Montcalm. Quebec surrendered to the English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1759

Surrender of Montreal and final conquest of Canada . . . . . . 1760

Resignation of Pitt. Bute comes into power . . . . . . . . . . 1761

War between Great Britain and Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1762

Peace of Paris. Canada ceded to Great Britain . . . . . . . . . 1763