History30S By WSin Feb 17, 1534 Cartier lands in Newfoundland Jacques Cartier was a first French explorer and he discovered Madeleine and Prince Edward Island. Feb 17, 1604 Champlain establishes Port Royal Feb 17, 1608 •Champlain establishes Quebec City Feb 17, 1663 First Filles du Rois arrive in New France Period: Feb 17, 1665 to Feb 17, 1668 Jean Talon, intendant of New France Feb 17, 1668 Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay Feb 17, 1670 King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland Feb 17, 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians Period: Feb 17, 1756 to Feb 17, 1763 Seven Years War Period: Feb 17, 1759 to Feb 17, 1760 British conquest of Quebec Feb 17, 1763 Treaty of Paris Feb 17, 1770 Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation
