Timeline of New France history (1534 to 1607)
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| Timeline of New France history Timeline of New France history This is a list of the timelines for the history of northern New France beginning with the first exploration of North America by France through being part of the French colonial empire.*Beginnings to 1533 - northern region... | ||
| Beginnings to 1533 | 1534 to 1607 | 1608 to 1662 |
1530s-1580s
This section of the Timeline of New France historyTimeline of New France history
This is a list of the timelines for the history of northern New France beginning with the first exploration of North America by France through being part of the French colonial empire.*Beginnings to 1533 - northern region...
concerns the events between Jacques Cartier's first voyage and the foundation of the Quebec settlement by Samuel de Champlain.
- 1534 - On July 24, Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
plants a cross on GaspéGaspé PeninsulaThe Gaspésie , or Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé, is a peninsula along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, extending into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
peninsula and claims it for France. - 1535 - Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
's expedition sails along the St. Lawrence River in and stops in a little bay he names baie Saint-Laurent on August 10. - 1535 - On September 6, Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
is the first European to discover the "île aux Coudres". - 1535 - Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
continues to sail down the St. Lawrence River to the village of HochelagaHochelaga (village)Hochelaga meaning "beaver dam" or "beaver lake" was a St. Lawrence Iroquoian 16th century fortified village at the heart of, or in the immediate vicinity of Mount Royal in present-day Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jacques Cartier arrived by boat on October 2, 1535; he visited the village on the...
on October 2. - 1537 - On June 9, Pope Paul IIIPope Paul IIIPope Paul III , born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation...
proclaims that since the Sauvages (Indians) are real humans, they must receive the Roman Catholic faith. - 1541 - Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
builds the Charlesbourg-Royal fort, the first permanent European settlement in North America, near the Cap-Rouge River and the St. Lawrence River.
1590s
- 1598 - Following the 1521 landing on Sable IslandSable IslandSable Island is a small Canadian island situated 300 km southeast of mainland Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is a year-round home to approximately five people...
in southeast of present-day Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
by the Portuguese, the French establish a settlement.
1600s
- 1600 - Pierre de Chauvin, Sieur de Tonnetuit founds a trading post at Tadoussac.
- 1603 - Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
takes possession of lands he calls (Newfoundland) and AcadieAcadiaAcadia was the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empire of New France, in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine. At the end of the 16th century, France claimed territory stretching as far south as...
(Acadia). - 1604 - Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts and Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
establish an ill-fated settlement on the lands of the Passamaquoddy NationPassamaquoddyThe Passamaquoddy are the First Nations people who live in northeastern North America, primarily in Maine and New Brunswick....
that they give the religious name of Île-Saint-Croix. - 1605 - Dugua and Champlain move the settlement to the Mi'kmaq Nation lands the French called Habitation at Port-RoyalHabitation at Port-RoyalThe Habitation at Port-Royal was the first successful French settlement of New France in North America, and is presently known as Port-Royal National Historic Site, a National Historic Site located on the northern side of the Annapolis Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada...
, near Annapolis RoyalAnnapolis Royal, Nova ScotiaAnnapolis Royal is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Known as Port Royal until the Conquest of Acadia in 1710 by Britain, the town is the oldest continuous European settlement in North America, north of St...
in present-day Nova Scotia. See Acadia. - 1606 - Marc LescarbotMarc LescarbotMarc Lescarbot was a French author, poet and lawyer, best known for his Histoire de la Nouvelle-France , based on his expedition to Acadia and research into French exploration. Considered one of the first great books in the history of Canada, it was printed in three editions, and was translated...
put on the first European theatrical production in North America. It was called Le Théâtre de Neptune. - 1607 - On May 14, Captain Christopher NewportChristopher NewportChristopher Newport was an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to find the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent...
founds the first English colony on lands of the Paspahegh IndiansPaspaheghThe Paspahegh tribe were tributaries to the Powhatan paramount chiefdom. The Paspahegh Indian tribe lived in present-day Charles City and James City counties, Virginia...
in what they called America: Jamestown, Virginia.
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| Timeline of New France history Timeline of New France history This is a list of the timelines for the history of northern New France beginning with the first exploration of North America by France through being part of the French colonial empire.*Beginnings to 1533 - northern region... | ||
| Beginnings to 1533 | 1534 to 1607 | 1608 to 1662 |
See also: New France
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
- French colonial empire
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
- Colonialism
Colonialism
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