1534 – Jacque Cartier’s First Voyage to North America
1603 – Samuel de Champlain’s First Voyage to New France
1608 – Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec
1629 – Champlain surrenders New France to British
1663 – France regains control of New France
1663 – ‘Filles du roi’ begin to arrive in New France to establish stable families
1670 – King Charles II creates Hudson’s Bay Company and establishes Triangular Trade System
1670 – Fur Trade attracts the Adventurous to North America
1672 – Louis de Baude, Count Frontenac holds position of Governor of New France for the first time
1689 – Frontenac attacks natives at Schenectady and Iroquois warriors attack Lachine
1701 – The ‘Great Peace’ between the Natives and the French begins
1702 – Influenza epidemic in Quebec kills 2000 people
1713 – Nova Scotia’s Acadian French are forced to swear allegiance to the English
1720 – French build a fortress at Louisbourg
1755 – English deport Nova Scotia’s Acadians back to Europe and New Orleans, Louisiana
1756 – April, General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm arrives in Quebec
1756 – May, the ‘Seven Years War’ begins
1758 – June 8, British attack Fortress of Louisbourg
1758 – July 26, French surrender Louisbourg
1759 – July, General James Wolfe begins siege of Quebec
1759 – Sept. 13, the Battle of the Plains of Abraham is fought and both Montcalm and Wolfe are killed on the battlefield
1760 – France surrenders Montreal
1763 – The ‘Seven Years War’ ends
1775 – American Revolution begins and George Washington orders the attack of Quebec and Americans take Montreal
1776 – Americans loyal to English (Loyalists) flee to Canada
1784 – Nova Scotia is divided to create New Brunswick
1791 – King George II divides Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada
1812 – United States declares war on Canada and invades Niagara
1813 – Canada and England attack Washington and burn down the White House
1814 – War of 1812 ends
1826 – Lieutenant-Colonel John By begins to build the Rideau Canal to connect the Ottawa River to Lake Ontario
1837 – Rebellions are staged in both Upper and Lower Canada led by Louis-Joseph Papineau (Lower Canada) and William Lyon Mackenzie (Upper Canada)
1838 – Lord Durham arrives in Quebec to report on why rebellions happened and to make recommendations to prevent further violence
1841 – February, United Canada is created