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Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; 13 August 1574 [2] [Note 1] [Note 2] – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, [3] and founded Quebec City, and New France, on 3
1635 - The Jesuits found the Collège de Québec. 1635 - Samuel de Champlain dies on December 25. 1636 - Arrival of the new governor Charles Huault de Montmagny on June 12. 1639 - Foundation of the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal. 1639 - Arrival of the Ursulines and the Hospitalières in the colony.
Plaque honouring the first settlers of Quebec City. Quebec City was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Some other towns were founded before, like Tadoussac in 1604 which still exists today, but Quebec was the first to be meant as a permanent settlement and not a simple trading post. Over time, it became a province of Canada and all of New ...
1663 – Quebec became the capital city of New France, the population of Quebec and its surrounding farm lands had reached 1,950 people. 1663 – Petit Séminaire of Quebec founded. 1687-1723 – Notre-Dame-des-Victoires constructed. 1690 – The Battle of Quebec (1690) during King William's War. 1693-95 – Old Parliament Building (Quebec) built.
However, with the invasion of Quebec by David Kirke and his brothers in 1628, Champlain returned to France with approximately 60 out of 80 settlers. [13] When the French returned to Quebec in 1632, they constructed a city based on the framework of a traditional French "ville" [ 14 ] in which "the 17th century city was a reflection of its society."
Explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived on the ship Don de Dieu, [1] or "Gift of God" to found Quebec in 1608. Don de Dieu is one of three ships that set sail from France under Captain Henry Couillard [ 2 ] in the spring of 1608 to Tadoussac , from where the men, bringing the materials, reached on small boats what is now the Vieux-Québec (Canada ...
Port Royal was a key step in the development of New France and was the first permanent base of operations of the explorer Samuel de Champlain, who would later found Quebec in 1608, and the farmer Louis Hébert, who would resettle at Quebec in 1617. For most of its existence, it was the capital of the New France colony of Acadia.
The fort was at the mouth of the Rivière du Cap Rouge, in the suburban former town of Cap-Rouge (which merged into Quebec City in 2002). Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain, a French explorer and diplomat, on 3 July 1608, [25] [26] and at the site of a long abandoned St. Lawrence Iroquoian settlement called Stadacona.