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Encyclopedia > Timeline of Quebec history (1608 to 1662)
Timeline of Quebec history
1534 to 1607 1608 to 1662 1663 to 1759

This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the foundation of Quebec and establishment of the Sovereign Council. This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history both as part of the British Empire and the Dominion of Canada. ... This section of the Timeline of New France history concerns the events between Jacques Cartiers first voyage and the foundation of the Quebec settlement by Samuel de Champlain. ... Timeline of Quebec history (1663 to 1759) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history both as part of the British Empire and the Dominion of Canada. ...

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1600s

Categories: 1600s ... Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ... Henry IV (French: Henri IV) (December 13, 1553 – May 14, 1610), called the Great (French: le Grand), was the first of the Bourbon kings of France, reigning from 1589 until 1610. ... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain (c. ... Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... // Events April 4 – King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 – Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain (c. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... This article is about the First Nations people, the Wyandot, also known as the Huron. ...

1610s

Events and Trends Start of the Golden Age of the Netherlands. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... Étienne Brûlé (c. ... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain (c. ... This article is about the First Nations people, the Wyandot, also known as the Huron. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain (c. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Sir Samuel Argall (1572? - 1626?) was an English adventurer and naval officer. ... Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... The Récollets (English: Recollects) were a French branch of the Roman Catholic order, the Franciscans (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum), first established in France about 1570. ... Location within France Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northern France, and presently the capital of the Upper Normandy région. ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ...

1620s

Events and Trends Permanent Dutch settlement of New York Bay and the Hudson River. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... For other uses of Richelieu, see Richelieu (disambiguation). ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... Louis XIII (September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643), called the Just (French: le Juste), was King of France from 1610 to 1643. ... The Saint Lawrence River (French fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... Louis XIII (September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643), called the Just (French: le Juste), was King of France from 1610 to 1643. ... This article is about the seigneurial system in New France. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ...

1630s

  • 1632 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on March 29. Acadia and Quebec are given back to France.
  • 1632 - The Couillard-Hébert family receives the colony's first slave. He is a black boy from the West Indies. See Slavery in Canada.
  • 1632 - Gabriel Sagard publishes Le Grand Voyage au pays des Hurons (The Great Voyage in Huron country) and a dictionary of the Huron language.
  • 1634 - Sieur de La Violette founds a fur trading post and a fort, which later becomes the town of Trois-Rivières.
  • 1635 - The Jesuits found the Collège de Québec.
  • 1635 - Samuel de Champlain dies on December 25.
  • 1636 - Arrival of the new governor Charles Huault de Montmagny on June 12.
  • 1639 - Foundation of the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal.
  • 1639 - Arrival of the Ursulines and the Hospitalières in the colony.

Events and Trends Thirty Years War in full swing in Europe September 8, 1636 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Slavery in Canada was first practised by some aboriginal nations, who routinely captured slaves from neighbouring tribes as part of their accepted laws of war. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Gabriel Sagard, baptized Théodat, was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order (French: Récollet) who arrived in New France June 28, 1623 to join four other members of his order who had arrrived in 1615. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... Des Forges boulevard at night. ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... The Université du Québec is a system of ten provincially-run public universities in Quebec, Canada. ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain (c. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... Events February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. ... Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny (c. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... The Ursulines are a religious order founded at Brescia, Italy by St. ...

1640s

Events and Trends The personal union of the crowns of Spain and Portugal ends due to a revolution in the latter (1640). ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... The French and Iroquois Wars (also called the Iroquois Wars or the Beaver Wars) were an intermittent series of conflicts fought in the late 17th century in eastern North America, in which the Iroquois sought to expand their territory and take control of the role of middleman in the fur... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Jeanne Mance (November 12, 1606 - June 18, 1673) was a French settler in Montreal. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (1612 & ndash; 1676) was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal. ... Jeanne Mance (November 12, 1606 - June 18, 1673) was a French settler in Montreal. ... Ville-Marie is: a town in Quebec: see Ville-Marie, Quebec the original name for the colony that would later become Montreal, Quebec a borough of Montreal; see Ville-Marie (Montreal). ... Montreal courthouse in 1880. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... Look up Genocide on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Genocide is the systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status or other particularity. ... This article is about the First Nations people, the Wyandot, also known as the Huron. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ... Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (1612 & ndash; 1676) was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal. ... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... This article is about the First Nations people, the Wyandot, also known as the Huron. ...

1650s

Significant Events and Trends World Leaders King Frederick III of Denmark (1648 - 1670). ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic religious order. ... Montreal courthouse in 1880. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... Marc-Pierre dArgenson Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte dArgenson (August 16, 1696, Paris - August 22, 1764, Paris) was a French politician, the younger brother of René Louis d’Argenson. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ...

1660s


Timeline of Quebec history
1534 to 1607 1608 to 1662 1663 to 1759

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History of Quebec - definition of History of Quebec in Encyclopedia (495 words)
Quebec was part of the territory of New France, the general name for the North American possessions of France until 1763.
Quebec Act of 1774 was enacted to assure the loyalty of the newly acquired Quebec, through assuing the existence of the Catholic faith, and the renactment of French civil law.
The boundaries of Quebec were expanded to include the Ohio Country and Illinois Country, from the Appalachian Mountains on the east, south to the Ohio River, west to the Mississippi River and north to the southern boundary of lands owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, or Rupert's Land.
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