Timeline of Quebec history (1608–1662)
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This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the foundation of Quebec and establishment of the Sovereign Council.
1608-1609
- 1603 - King Henry IV commissions an exploratory and settlement expedition.[1]
- 1608 - Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec City on July 3.[1]
- 1609 - Champlain and the native allies of the French defeat the Iroquois.[1]
1610s
- 1610 - Algonquins
- 1613 - Acadia is taken by the troops of Samuel Argall.
- 1615 - Arrival of the Récollets from Rouenon June 9.
1620s
- 1625 - Arrival of the Jesuits.
- 1627 - Louis XIII of France will grant them the monopoly on fur trade in return for their help in colonizing the St. Lawrencevalley.
- 1627 - King Roman Catholics.
- 1629 - On July 16, three brothers, David, Louis, and Thomas Kirke take Quebec.
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 - Huron language.
- 1634 - Trois-Rivières.
- 1634 - Hurons begin to drive out the Jesuits as disease decimates the Hurons.
- 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 Montmagnyon June 12.
- 1639 - Foundation of the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal.
- 1639 - Arrival of the Ursulines and the Hospitalières in the colony.
1640s
- 1641 - Beginning of the French and Iroquois Warson June 13.
- 1641 - Arrival of Jeanne Mance on August 8.
- 1642 - on May 17.
- 1643 - Arrival of Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge et d'Argentenay, officer and military engineer.
- 1647 - Creation of the Conseil de Québec on March 27.
- 1648 - Beginning of the genocide of the Huron peoples by the Iroquois confederacy.
- 1648 - Louis d'Ailleboust becomes governor of Maisonneuveto take the position.
- 1648 - The Huron country is destroyed and fleeing d'Ailleboust.
1650s
- 1651 - Jean de Lauzon becomes governor of New France.
- 1653 - The population of Quebec stands at 2,000.
- 1657 - Arrival of the Sulpician Order in Montreal.
- 1657 - Jean de Lauzon as governor of New France.
- 1659 - bishop of New France.
1660-1661
- 1660 - Long Sault on the Ottawa River.
- 1661 - Louis XIV puts his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert in charge of reorganizing the administration of New Franceon March 16.
- 1661 - Pierre DuBois, Baron Davaugour, becomes governor of New France.
References
Bibliography
- Whitcomb, Ed (2012). A Short History of Quebec. Ottawa: From Sea to Sea Enterprises. ISBN 978-0-9694667-8-9. Retrieved February 5, 2024.