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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 (present day Canada) 1534 to 1607 - northern region (Canada) 1608 to 1662 - (Quebec region) 1663 to 1759 - (Quebec region)
1598: Spanish settlement in Northern New Mexico. 1600: By 1600 Spain and Portugal were still the only significant colonial powers. North of Mexico the only settlements were Saint Augustine and the isolated outpost in northern New Mexico. Exploration of the interior was largely abandoned after the 1540s.
This section of the timeline of New France history concerns the events between Jacques Cartier's first voyage and the foundation of the Quebec settlement by Samuel de Champlain. 1500-1589 [ edit ]
Samuel de Champlain overseeing the construction of the Habitation de Québec, in 1608. New France had five colonies or territories, each with its own administration: Canada (the Great Lakes region, the Ohio Valley, and the St. Lawrence River Valley), Acadia (the Gaspé Peninsula, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, St. John's Island, and Île Royale-Cape Breton), Hudson Bay (and James Bay), Terre ...
Quebec City founded by Champlain, becoming the capital of New France. [19] 1634: 4 July: Trois-Rivières founded, becoming the second permanent settlement in New France. [20] 1642: 17 May: Fort Ville-Marie-(Old Montreal) founded with the majority of immigrants coming directly from France led by Paul de Chomedey and Jeanne Mance, a lay woman ...
Timeline of Quebec history (beginnings–1533) Timeline of New France history (1534–1607) Timeline of Quebec history (1608–1662) Timeline of Quebec history (1663–1759) Timeline of Quebec history (1760–1790)
1629 The Iroquois Beaver Wars (1629–1701) helped establish New France and French imperialism in North America, according to historians William Starna and José António Brandão. They said that rivalries that already existed between Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region were further exacerbated by European trade goods and the beaver trade.
1608: Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada). 1608: The Dutch East India Company establishes a settlement in Siamese Ayutthaya. 1609: The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War. 1609: Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.