Canadian Timeline Project By wingterd Jun 24, 1497 Cabot's Discovery of New Foundland May 10, 1534 Cartier "Discovery" of New France Jul 3, 1608 Champlain founds Quebec City Oct 12, 1642 Maisonneuve Founds Montreal May 2, 1670 Hudson Bay Company Founded Apr 11, 1713 Treaty Of Utrecht Jul 26, 1758 Battle of Louisbourg Sep 13, 1759 Fall Of Quebec Feb 10, 1763 Paris Treaty Oct 12, 1770 NorthWest Company Founded Jun 22, 1774 Quebec Act Quebec Act Dec 26, 1791 Constitutional Act Of 1791 Aug 2, 1812 Red River Settlement Founded Feb 15, 1815 End of the War of 1812 Oct 12, 1840 Union Act Sep 1, 1864 Charolettetown Conference Jul 1, 1867 Confederation Jul 15, 1870 Manitoba Joins Canada May 12, 1885 Northwest Rebellion Nov 16, 1885 Date Louis Riel Executed Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Apr 22, 1915 Battle of Ypres II Nov 18, 1916 battle of the somme Nov 11, 1918 Armstice Day Oct 12, 1933 Responsible Government Created Sep 1, 1939 Start Of WWII Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 30, 1945 Hitlers Suicide May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Day Jun 28, 2011 Treaty of Versailles Oct 5, 2011 Champlain Founds QQuebec City