Canadian History Timeline

Canadian History Timeline


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famous people involved in this time period.
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  The first people of Canada were the Native Americans and the Inuit
1000 The Vikings travelled and settled in Canada
1496 March 5: King Henry VII of England granted John Cabot the right to 'seek islands and countries of the heathen towards the west, east, and north' sailing under the English flag
 
1497 May 2: John Cabot embarked on his ship, the Matthew, to explore the lands across the Atlantic, hoping to find a north west passage to the Indies and China. John Cabot and his son Sebastian were the first Europeans to discover Canada, landing on the coast of Newfoundland
 
1534 Jacques Cartier discovers the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River
1603 March 15: Samuel de Champlain set sail for Quebec from Honfleur, France following in the path of Jacques Cartier to the St Lawrence River and Tadoussac
1605 Samuel de Champlain establishes the first successful New France Colony at Port Royal
1670 The Hudson's Bay Company established
1672 New France expansion into Canada under Louis de Frontenac
1758 French power in Canada declines as the British capture Ft. Louisburg
1759 Battle on the Plains of Abraham
1763 Treaty of Paris: French colonies in North America were passed to the British Crown
1778 Captain James Cooke explores the West Coast
1791 Constitutional Act establishes Upper & Lower Canada
1812 War of 1812: American invasion of Upper Canada in the summer of 1812 centring around the Great Lakes and the Canadian frontier
 
1821 North West Company established
1837 Upper & Lower Canada Rebellions
1840 Act of Union
1866 The Fenian Raid and Battle of Ridgeway
1867 Dominion of Canada was formed and self-government was granted to Ontario (formerly Upper Canada), Quebec (formerly Lower Canada), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
 
1873 North-West Mounted Police ( Mounties) established
1885 Canadian Pacific Railway Completed
1885 North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance or the Saskatchewan Rebellion
1898 Klondike Gold Rush
1899 Boer War
1914 1914 - 1918 WW1
1939 Great Depression
1939 September: World War II starts
1945 August: The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending WW2
1960 Quiet Revolution: Rise of Quebec Separation Sentiment
1970 War Measures Act Proclaimed on Quebec
1982 Canadian constitution was adopted


Canadian History Timeline

Canadian History Timeline
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