15th century in Canada

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Events from the 15th century in Canada.

Events

• 1450 - the Iroquois form the Great League of Peace and Power.
• 1492 -
  Taíno people. Thinking he is in India
  , he calls them Indians.
• 1494 - Treaty of Tordesillas divides the colonial world between Spain and Portugal.^[1]
• 1497-98 -
  Micmac
  men.
• 1497 - Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot, 1450–98), a Venetian in English service, during a voyage underwritten by Bristol merchants, claims Newfoundland for England on June 24, laying the basis for English claims to Canada and inspiring a series of further explorations.
• 1498 - English explorer John Cabot, making a second voyage to North America (looking for
  Micmacs
  .
• 1498-99 - Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador first sights and sails along the coasts of the Labrador Peninsula.

Further reading

• Matthews, Geoffrey J (1987). Historical atlas of Canada, From the beginning to 1800. Vol. 1. University of Toronto Press.
  ISBN 0802024955
  .

• Former colonies and territories in Canada
• List of North American settlements by year of foundation
• History of Canada
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• List of years in Canada

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