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ca. 500 BC The Sundering Begins 1023 Trolls open a trod from Vinland ot Norway, and engage in conflict with the nunnehi. Norse build settlement at L'Anse-aux-Meadows (northern tip of Newfoundland) 1171 Dreamstone used to open a trod from Caer Madoc [modern day Appalachia in U.S.] to the British Isles 1215 War of the Courts begins 1233 The Inquisition begins a methodical shadow-war against supernatural influences across Europe 1347 The Black Plague reaches Europe 1348 The Shattering begins 1349 Silver's Gate collapses, sealing the last route to Arcadia. In the years that follow, the remaining commoners adopt the Changeling Way in order to survive 1353 The signing of the Compact ends the War of the Courts on Earth 1497 Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) claims Cape Breton Island (or Newfoundland) for England 1534 Jacques Cartier explores Gulf of St. Lawrence 1541 Cartier and Sieur de Roberval found a settlement on St. Lawrence River, but it fails. 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert, brother-in-law of Sir Walter Raleigh, sails for Newfoundland from England 1588 English fishing fleet delays sailing to Newfoundland to participate in the defeat of Spanish Armada 1598 The Marquis de la Roche lands 40 convicts on Sable Island 1603 Sieur de Monts obtains charter to all the land lying between 40th-46th degree north latitude 1605 Port Royal, the first permanent French settlement in North America, founded 1608 Quebec (the city) founded by Samuel de Champlain 1610 Etienne Brule lives among Huron and is first European to see Great Lakes 1613 Port Royal sacked by Samuel Argall and his pirates from Virginia 1621 James I of England grants Acadia to Sir William Alexander who renames it New Scotland (Nova Scotia) 1627 Company of One Hundred Associates is founded to establish a French Empire in North America 1629 Quebec (the city) captured by an English fleet led by David Kirke, (he also captured Port Royal the year before) 1631 Charles de la Tour builds Fort La Tour (a.k.a. Fort Saint Marie) at the mouth of the Saint John River 1632 British lose control of Acadia due to the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1632 Isaac de Razilly sails from France with 300 people hoping to establish a permanent French settlement in Acadia 1636 French crown grants Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy to d'Aulnay; La Tour gets Nova Scotia peninsula 1639 Smallpox epidemic decimates Huron people; population reduced by 50% 1642 Montreal is founded 1649 Attacks by the Iroquois disperse the Huron; disrupts fur trade over the next fifteen years 1652 Massachusetts General Court licenses traders going from Massachusetts to Acadia 1660 English Navigation Act prohibits foreigners from trading with English colonies 1663 Louis XIV assumes personal control of New France 1667 France, England and the Netherlands sign the Breda Treaty in July and with this England gives Acadia to France 1667 First census of New France records 668 families, totalling 3,215 non-native inhabitants 1670 Hudson's Bay Company is formed and granted trade rights over all territory draining into Hudson's Bay. Many commoner kithain join in amongst the Hudson's Bay Company to explore the New World. Hostilities escalate between Nunnehi and Newcomers. 1676 West Country merchants attempt to enforce restrictions on settlement in Newfoundland 1682 French explorer La Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi 1686 King James II & Louis XIV sign neutrality pact handing forts of St. John's & Port Royal back to the French 1690 Sir William Phips captures almost all of the French possessions in Acadia 1697 Treaty of Ryswick restores the status quo between France & England; Acadia is returned to the French 1700 Population of Acadia is 1,400 1701 War of the Spanish Succession begins in Europe; spreads to North America (Queen Anne's War) in 1702 1704 French forces destroy the English settlement at Bonavista, Newfoundland 1707 Port Royal is attacked twice by the English from Massachusetts 1710 The English take Port Royal and name it Annapolis Royal 1713 Treaty of Utrecht cedes French Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay and the "country of the Iroquois" to England 1719 Construction of Louisbourg Fortress by the French begins on Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island) 1720 Lord Baltimore sponsors expedition to bring settlers to Newfoundland 1721 800 Acadians take oath of allegiance to the French 1744 France declares war on England (March 15) 1745 Louisbourg surrenders to English after six-week seige (June 17) 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle returns Ile Royale (Cape Breton) and Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) to French 1749 Halifax is founded by British to counter French presence at Louisbourg 1754 French and Indian War begins in North America; becomes Seven Years' War when fighting spreads to Europe (1756) 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians begins 1758 Louisbourg captured again by the British (July 27) 1759 British troops under Wolfe defeat French forces under Montcalm at Quebec; both generals are killed; Quebec falls 1759 Proclamation issued by Governor of Nova Scotia invites New Englanders to settle there 1760 Louisbourg Fortress demolished by the British 1763 Treaty of Paris gives Canada (New France and Acadia) to England 1769 Prince Edward Island becomes a separate colony 1774 Quebec Act guarantees religious freedom for Roman Catholic colonists 1776 American Revolution begins 1776 Quebec withstands American siege 1778 Captain James Cook anchors in Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island 1783 Treaty of Versailles gives Americans fishing rights off Newfoundland, but not to dry or cure fish on land 1784 United Empire Loyalists arrive in Canada; New Brunswick becomes a separate colony to accommodate them 1786 New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland allowed to import goods from the United States 1789 Alexander Mackenzie journeys to the Beaufort Sea, following what would later be named the Mackenzie River. French Revolution begins in Europe. 1791 Constitutional Act divides Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada 1792 Captain George Vancouver begins his explorations of the Pacific Coast 1794 Jay Treaty allows U.S. vessels into British ports of the West Indies; British agree to evacuate Ohio Valley forts 1799 American competition for West Indies trade kills Liverpool, Nova Scotia's merchant fleet 1800 Spain cedes Louisiana back to France 1804 1,400 American ships are fishing off Labrador and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 1809 Napoleon's continental blockade cuts British access to Scandinavian timber 1812 War of 1812 declared, allowing Maritime colonies to profit from illegal trade 1812 Red River settlement founded by Hudson's Bay Company 1813 Amerindian chief Tecumseh is killed at the Battle of Moraviantown 1814 Treaty of Ghent ends War of 1812; no territorial gains on either side 1817 Famine in Newfoundland due to poor postwar economy 1817 Nova Scotia population estimated at 78,345 1818 49th parallel becomes British North America/U.S. border from Lake of the Woods to Rocky Mountains 1821 Hudson's Bay Company merges with arch rivals, the Montreal-based North West Company 1825 Opening of Erie Canal gives New York competitive edge over Montreal 1829 Opening of Lachine Canal restores level playing field for Montreal 1833 Royal William, formerly operating between Quebec & Halifax, becomes first steamship to cross Atlantic 1837 Two separate rebellions, one in Upper and one in Lower Canada, fail to dislodge entrenched elites 1839 Lord Durham's Report recommends union of Upper and Lower Canada, and responsible government 1841 Act of Union unites Upper and Lower Canada 1842 New Brunswick/Maine boundary settled by Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1843 Fort Victoria built by British to strengthen their claim to Vancouver Island 1845 Halifax native Samuel Cunard chooses Boston as the western terminus for his steamships 1846 British Prime Minister Robert Peel announces Free Trade, ending old Colonial mercantile trade system 1848 Responsible government established in Nova Scotia and Canada 1849 The boundary at the 49th parallel is extended to the Pacific Ocean (bisecting Point Roberts!) 1854 Reciprocity (free trade) begins between British North America and the United States 1857 Queen Victoria names Ottawa as Canada's capital 1861 American Civil War begins. Some Canadians involved on either side. 1864 Quebec Conference sets out the terms of union for British North American colonies 1865 American Civil War ends 1866 Fenians launch first raids into British territory (June 2) 1867 Confederation of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario forms the Dominion of Canada 1867 Sir John A. Macdonald becomes Canada's first prime minister 1869 Hudson's Bay Company surrenders territorial rights to Rupert's Land to the Crown 1869 Newfoundlanders reject Confederation in general election 1870 Louis Riel leads Metis resistance to Canadian authority; province of Manitoba created 1871 Treaty of Washington grants fishing rights on Grand Banks to United States 1871 British Columbia joins Confederation 1873 Global economic depression begins 1876 Intercolonial Railway linking central Canada and the Maritime provinces is completed 1879 National Policy imposes tariff on manufactured goods being imported into Canada 1885 Transcontinental railway is completed in Eagle Pass, B.C.; 9 days later, Louis Riel is hanged in Regina 1890 Manitoba stops public funding of Catholic schools; causes uproar in Quebec 1891 Nearly one-quarter of Nova Scotian women are working for wages outside the home 1897 Klondike gold rush begins 1898 Canada issues Christmas postage stamp showing British Empire in "flaming red" 1899 Boer War begins; the first Canadian troops to serve overseas are sent to South Africa 1900 Federal immigration policy entices Eastern Europeans to Canadian West 1901 Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland 1903 Canada loses Alaska Boundary dispute when British representative sides with U.S. 1903 A prospector in northern Ontario stumbles across the world's richest silver vein 1905 Provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta are formed 1907 Industrial Disputes Investigation Act (IDIA) requires compulsory conciliation of labour disputes 1910 Federal government decides to establish the Royal Canadian Navy 1911 Liberal government of Wilfred Laurier loses Reciprocity election; Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister 1912 S.S. Titanic sinks off Newfoundland; recovered bodies are buried in Halifax cemetery 1913 Canadian economy goes into a slump 1914 Canada automatically enters First World War when Britain declares war on Germany (August 4) 1917 French munitions ship Mont Blanc catches fire & explodes in Halifax harbor on December 6th; 2,000 killed. The Black Ships which have occasionally struck against the Dreaming of Canada's eastern coast now become a plague which drives many from their homes and eradicates most of the rest. Few kithain remain in or near Halifax or Nova Scotia. Canadians capture Vimy Ridge after British and French attempts fail. Income tax is introduced by the federal government as a "temporary wartime measure" 1918 Under the War Measures Act, manufacture & sale of intoxicating beverages is prohibited in Canada. Armistice signed, First World War ends. 1920 With passage of the Volstead Act in the United States, the rum-running era begins, where Prohibition in the United States leads to underworld provision of alcohol by Canadians. Many kithain are involved on both sides of the rum-running trade - those purveying the illegal liquors, and those trying to catch the criminals. 1922 Foster Hewitt makes the world's first radio broadcast of a hockey game 1923 Canada deals directly with U.S. without British participation in signing Halibut Treaty 1925 Delegation of Maritime businessmen and politicians travels to Ottawa to lobby for Maritime Rights 1926 Old age pension instituted by federal government 1926 Royal Commission (Duncan) report recommends restoration of preferential Maritime railway freight rates 1928 Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not "persons" who can be elected to public office 1929 British Privy Council overrules Supreme Court "non-person" decision 1929 New York Stock Market crash 1931 Female worker at Ganong's candy factory in St. Stephen, N.B., makes $14/wk; her male foreman makes $32/wk 1931 Statute of Westminster grants Canada full autonomy from Britain 1933 Newfoundland Assembly votes to suspend self-government; British appoint "Commission of Government." United States ends Prohibition, and the rum-running days draw to a close. 1934 The Dionne quintuplets are born in Callander, Ontario 1935 R.B. Bennett's "New Deal" for Canada announced; Supreme Court later declares it ultra vires 1939 Canada enters World War II after remaining neutral for 1 week; pro-war party in Quebec wins provincial election 1940 Ogdensburg Agreement co-ordinates industrial output of Canada and U.S. 1942 Construction boom due to American and Canadian military bases eliminates unemployment in Newfoundland 1942 Canadian raid on French port of Dieppe is a disaster; British later claim it was useful rehearsal for D-Day 1944 Canadian troops advance further inland than any other Allied unit on D-Day (June 6) 1944 Saskatchewan voters elect the first socialist government in North America, led by Tommy Douglas 1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's tenth province on March 31st 1951 Mid-century census records Canada's population as 14 million 1951 Royal Commission (Massey) reports that Canadian culture is dominated by American influences 1952 First television stations in Canada begin broadcasting in Montreal (Sept. 6) and Toronto (Sept. 8) 1955 Montreal Canadiens hockey star Maurice "Rocket" Richard is suspended for fighting; riots break out in Montreal 1959 Canadian government cancels the Avro Arrow; many engineers on the project end up working for NASA 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway opens 1960 "Quiet Revolution" begins in Quebec 1962 Trans-Canada Highway officially opens 1963 United States president Kennedy assassinated; the first of a number of assassinations of prominent United States citizens. 1965 Groundfish landings in Northwest Atlantic peak at 2.8 million tons 1965 The Auto Pact, forerunner of NAFTA, is signed between United States and Canada 1968 Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinated in the United States 1969 The federal government becomes officially bilingual. Apollo 11 lands on the moon. Resurgence begins. Endless Trod reopens in "Bosky Tarn" in Toronto, Ontario. Grand Bes Din use reopening of Trods to connect their offices in the Hollow Earth to the CSS Acadia, a former Oceanographic Research Vessel berthed in Halifax, Nova Scotia 1970 The FLQ, a militant separatist group in Quebec, kidnaps British diplomat & murders Quebec cabinet minister
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