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1801 – Paris, France – Second Exposition (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.
This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on Quebec's history. 1533 and before; 1534 to 1607; 1608 to 1662; 1663 to 1759; 1760 to 1773; 1774 to 1790 ...
Common themes in Quebec's early history as Canada include the fur trade — because it was the main industry — as well as the exploration of North America, war against the English, and alliances or war with Native American groups. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec became a British colony in the British Empire.
With a participation rate of 85.27%, the highest in Quebec's history, 41% of voters give 71 seats to the PQ. 1976 – Quebec-born author Saul Bellow wins the Nobel Prize for literature. 1977 - On April 15, the Expos play their first game at Olympic Stadium. 1977 – On August 26, the Quebec Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) becomes law.
In early 2016 the City of Quebec announced that Expo Québec would not return in 2016 and the site next to Videotron Centre (once the race track site) would be re-developed [4] mirroring the collapse of the Ottawa SuperEX in Ottawa, Ontario in 2011. The former Colisée Pepsi closed in 2011 and is also expected to be demolished.
U.S. car manufacturers have depended on labor from Mexico and Canada for more than a century.
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967. [2] It was a category one world's fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Online retailer Amazon said Wednesday that it's closing all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec in the next two months. The closures will eliminate about 1,700 permanent ...