Canada First comers By Aripcik Feb 16, 1534 •Cartier lands in Newfoundland, 1534 Feb 16, 1604 •Champlain establishes Port Royal, 1604 Feb 16, 1608 •Champlain establishes Quebec City, 1608 Feb 16, 1663 •First Filles du Rois arrive in New France, 1663 Feb 16, 1665 •Jean Talon, intendant of New France from 1665 to 1668 Feb 16, 1668 •Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay, 1668 Feb 16, 1670 •King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland, 1670 •King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland, 1670 Feb 16, 1755 •Expulsion of the Acadians, 1755 Feb 16, 1756 •Seven Years War, 1756 – 1763 Feb 16, 1759 •British conquest of Quebec 1759 – 1760 Feb 16, 1763 •Treaty of Paris, 1763 Feb 16, 1770 •Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC , 1770s •Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation Mar 2, 2022 •Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows, 985 CE