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1535 Jacques Cartier
discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada
(now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga.
1632 Treaty of Saint-Germain signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1733 Right of Canadians
to keep Indian slaves
upheld at Quebec.
1763 The Treaty of Paris signed by Great Britain
, France
and Spain
brings an end to the Seven Years' War
(also called the French and Indian War
in the United States
and the War of the Conquest in Quebec)
1764 The English-language ''Quebec Gazette'' is established in Quebec City
, Quebec, Canada
. As of 2005, it is the oldest surviving newspaper
in North America
.
1765 Fire destroys one quarter of town of Montreal
, Quebec.
1774 The British pass the Quebec Act setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America
.
1775 American Revolutionary War
: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold
at Quebec.
1791 The British Parliament
passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper
and Lower Canada.
1867 The British North America Act receives royal assent, forming the Dominion of Canada
in an event known as Confederation
. This unites the Province of Canada, Quebec, Ontario
, New Brunswick
, and Nova Scotia
as of July 1. Ottawa
becomes the capital, and John A. Macdonald
becomes the Dominion's first prime minister
.
1946 Female suffrage in Belgium
, Romania
, Yugoslavia
, Argentina
and Canadian province of Quebec. First female police officers in Korea and Japan.
1949 Albert Guay affair: dynamite bomb destroys Canadian Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-3 in Quebec.
1954 Emilie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets
, dies of asphyxiation
following an epileptic seizure at Sainte Agathe, Quebec.
1962 Drilling for the new Montreal
, Quebec subway
commences.
1963 April 20 – In Quebec, Canada
, members of the Quebec terrorist group, the Front de libération du Québec
, bomb the Canadian Armed Forces recruitment center, killing night watchman Wilfred V. O'Neill.
1970 The Front de Libération du Québec
(FLQ) kidnaps James Cross in Montreal and demands release of all its imprisoned members. The next day the Canadian government announces it won't meet the demand, beginning Quebec's October Crisis.
1970 October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada
when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte
becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
1980 Referendum: Voters in Quebec reject by a vote of 60% a proposal to seek independence from Canada
.
1993 The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba
to Québec
.
1995 Quebec separatists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada
1996 July 21 - Storms provoke severe flood
ing on the Saguenay River in Quebec, in one of Canada
's most costly natural disaster
s.
1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England
, southern Ontario
and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths.
1998 The Supreme Court of Canada states Quebec can not legally secede from Canada
without the federal government's approval.
1999 An avalanche
destroys a school gymnasium during New Year celebrations in Kangiqsualujjuaq in far northern Quebec, killing 9.
2005 The United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Montreal
, Quebec. The conference lasts until December 9, and features a speech by former President Bill Clinton
that the George W. Bush
Administration objected to.
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