Canada By steelerfan Feb 16, 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, 1665 Jean Talon, intendant of New France Feb 16, 1668 Jean Talon, intendant of New France 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, 1758 Start of Seven Years War Feb 16, 1759 British conquest of Quebec 1759 – 1760 Feb 16, 1763 End of Seven Years War Feb 16, 1763 Treaty of Paris Feb 16, 1770 Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading posts into the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation Mar 2, 2022 Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows