First Nations and New France timeline By zoko Oct 6, 1000 First People cross into the Americas 18,000 B.C. Oct 6, 1200 Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows 985 CE Oct 6, 1534 Cartier lands in Newfoundland Oct 6, 1604 Champlain establishes Port Royal Oct 6, 1608 Champlain establishes Quebec City Oct 6, 1663 First Filles du Rois arrive in New France Oct 6, 1665 Jean Talon, intendant of New France 1665 to 1668 Oct 6, 1668 Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay Oct 6, 1670 King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland Oct 6, 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians Oct 6, 1756 Seven Years War 1756 – 1763 Oct 6, 1759 British conquest of Quebec 1759 – 1760 Oct 6, 1763 Treaty of Paris Oct 6, 1770 Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation 1770s