This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns events up to 1533. 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. ... This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history both as part of the British Empire and the Dominion of Canada. ...

Astronomy

• 4.6 billion years ago, on the inner rim of the Orion (local) Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, gas and dust at the central core of a spinning interstellar gas nebula collapsed, and the resulting nuclear fusion at its centre generated the heat and light we now refer to as the Sun. Small lumps of dust and ice that remained in orbit around this core formed the nine planets, 60 moons, and millions of rocky asteroids of the Solar System. The planet earth was the third planet from this Sun.

Astrology: the study of the positions of the celestial objects relative to the Earth and how these positions affect happenings on the lives of cultures, nations and the natural environment. ...

Geology

• 2,9 billion years ago, the enormous continental shield of mainly metamorphic and igneous rocks known as the Canadian Shield was being formed.
• 350 million years ago, an enormous meteorite fell down on what is now the region of Charlevoix.
• 255 million years ago, the supercontinent of Pangaea began its tectonic fragmentation, forming (among other geological phenomena) the Appalachian mountains, and leading to the formation of the continents as we know them today.

Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason)) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. ... Canadian Shield The Canadian Shield is a large craton in eastern and central Canada and adjacent portions of the United States, composed of bare rock dating to the Precambrian Era (between 4. ... A meteorite is a small extraterrestrial body that impacts the Earths surface. ... The Charlevoix region, located in Quebec, includes parts of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River and the Laurentian mountains region of the Canadian Shield. ... A rainy day in the Great Smoky Mountains, Western North Carolina The Appalachian Mountains are a vast system of North American mountains, partly in Canada, but mostly in the United States, extending as a zone, from 100 to 300 miles wide, running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 1500 miles south...

Prehistory

• 13 thousand years ago, groups of hunters would have landed in America through the Bering Strait. (This is the dominant theory since 1927, however, there are other plausible theories being explored today.)
• Paleo-Amerindians, whose presence in Quebec can be traced back 10,000 years, preceded the Algonquian and Iroquoian aboriginal peoples, with whom the Europeans first made contact in the 16th century.
• Some 8 thousand years ago, the south of Quebec became habitable when the temperature warmed up on this part of the Earth. The first peoples began to immigrate on what is today the territory of Quebec. They are the ancestors of today's Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples.

The term prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is usually used to describe the period before written history became available. ... Satellite photo of the Bering Strait Nautical chart of the Bering Strait The Bering Strait is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, the eastmost point of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point of the American continent, approximately 85 km (58 mi) in width, with a... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Hupa man, 1923 The scope of this indigenous peoples of the Americas article encompasses the definitions of indigenous peoples and the Americas as established in their respective articles. ... The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (others are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... The Iroquoian languages are a Native American language family. ... The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (others are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... The Iroquoian languages are a Native American language family. ...

1000s

• 1001 - The Viking explorer Leif Ericson reaches America.

Events Sweyn I of Denmark invades England. ... Events Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Silvester II. Canonisation of Edward the Martyr, king of England. ... Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson; modern Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson; modern Norwegian: Leiv Eiriksson) was a Norse explorer and the first European to discover North America—more specifically, the region that would become Newfoundland and, by later extension, Canada. ...

1400s

• 1492 - For the Queen of Castile (later, Spain), Christopher Columbus crosses the Atlantic ocean.
• 1497 - John Cabot reaches the island of Newfoundland, which he claims for England.

Events and Trends Categories: 1400s ... 1492 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Cabot gazes across Bristol Harbour Giovanni Caboto (c. ...

1500s

• 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano explores the East coast of America from Florida to Newfoundland.
• 1525 to 1530 - Basque fishermen and whalers regularly sail in the St. Lawrence estuary and the Saguenay River.