First Nations and New France By BrinnG. Jan 1, 1534 Cartier lands in Newfoundland Feb 16, 1604 Champlain establishes Port Royal Feb 16, 1608 Champlain establishes Quebec City Feb 16, 1663 First Filles du Rois arrive in New France Feb 16, 1668 Jean Talon, intendant of New France from 1665 to 1668 Feb 16, 1668 Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay Feb 16, 1670 King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland Feb 16, 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians Feb 16, 1756 Seven Years War, 1756 – 1763 Feb 16, 1759 British conquest of Quebec 1759 – 1760 Feb 16, 1770 Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation Feb 16, 1773 Treaty of Paris
