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Year 450 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Second year of the decemviri (or, less frequently, year 304 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 450 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
458 BC. Pleistarchus, King of Sparta since 480 BC; 456 BC. Aeschylus, Greek playwright (b. 525 BC) [7] 454 BC. Alexander I of Macedon; 453 BC. Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus [10] [11] Publius Curiatius Fistus Trigeminus [12] Sextus Quinctilius [13] [14] [15] 452 BC. Sextus Quinctilius, consul of the Roman Republic, 453–452 BC. 450 BC
c. 3500 BC: In Canada's south-west Yukon, the beaver tooth gouge comes into use. It becomes an important tool for woodworking in the subarctic area. c. 2700 BC: Copper implements and ornaments are fashioned by the "Old Copper" culture of Wisconsin from ore found in the area around Lake Superior.
1000 BC: Athapaskan-speaking natives arrive in Alaska and northwestern North America, possibly from Siberia. 1000 BC: Pottery making widespread in the Eastern Woodlands. 1000 BC–100 AD: Adena culture takes form in the Ohio River valley, carving fine stone pipes placed with their dead in gigantic burial mounds. [1] See Prehistory of Ohio.
Journeys: A History of Canada. Oxford, UK: Nelson Education. ISBN 978-0-17-644244-6. Hayes, Derek (2002). Historical Atlas of Canada. Douglas and McIntyre. ISBN 1-55054-918-9. Kingsford, William (1890). The History of Canada: Canada under French rule. Harvard University. Morton, Desmond (2001). A short history of Canada (5th ed.). Marks and ...
Concluding a series of agreements between Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada acquires Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, forming the Northwest Territories. In the aftermath of the Red River Rebellion, Manitoba is subdivided from the new territory in the area around Winnipeg , becoming Canada's fifth ...
The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands encompassing present-day Canada have been inhabited for millennia by Indigenous peoples , with distinct trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization.
The first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouver Island – today known as the Strait of Juan ...