canada By ryan.131 Oct 24, 1497 italian born navigator jhon cabot reches the coast of new found land and cape breton Period: Oct 24, 1497 to Oct 24, 2003 canada Oct 24, 1534 jacque cartier explores the saint lawrence river claming the area for france Oct 24, 1583 newfoundland becomes englands first overseas colony Oct 24, 1670 london traders establish hudson bay company Oct 24, 1763 the treaty of paris gives england control of frances territory in north america Oct 24, 1776 refugees from the american revolutionary war who are loyal to the british move north presnt day canada Oct 24, 1812 war of 1812:American invasion of area around the great lakes and canadian Oct 24, 1846 oregon treaty between the unuted staes and canada sets the new border at the 49 parallel Oct 24, 1867 dominion of canada is formed and self government Oct 24, 1898 gold rush takes place along the upper yukon river Oct 24, 1914 canada fights on the side of the british and french in world war 1 Oct 24, 1939 canada great Depression candian forces join the alliedpowers in world war 2 Oct 25, 1945 world war 2 ends Oct 24, 1969 us spacecreft apollo11 lands on the moon with canadin built landing gear Oct 25, 1989 us canada free trade agreement Oct 25, 1991 canada sends troops and supplies to aid us in the persian gulf Oct 25, 1994 the north america free trade agreement nafta comes into effect linking canada the unuted states and mexico in a new economic partnership Oct 25, 2003 canada decides not to be a part of the milltary coalition led by the unuted states agiants iraq