HistoricalEvents By Adara.Jenette Oct 5, 1497 Cabot "Discovers" Newfoundland Oct 5, 1534 Catier "discovers" Canada (New France) Oct 5, 1608 Champlain Founds Quebec City Oct 5, 1642 Maisonneuve founds Montreal Oct 5, 1670 Hudson Bay Company founded Oct 5, 1713 Treaty of Utrecht Jun 8, 1758 Battle of Louisbourg Sep 13, 1759 Fall of Quebec (Battle of the Plains of Abraham) Oct 5, 1763 Paris Treaty Oct 5, 1774 Quebec Act Oct 5, 1779 Northwest Company founded Oct 5, 1791 Constitutional act of 1791 Oct 5, 1812 Red river settlement founded Feb 18, 1815 War of 1812 ends Oct 5, 1841 Union Act Oct 5, 1848 Responsible government created Oct 5, 1864 Charlottetown Conference Oct 5, 1867 confederation Oct 5, 1870 Manitoba joins Canada Jan 22, 1874 Louis Riel Dies Oct 5, 1885 Northwest Rebellion (Batoche) Jun 28, 1914 Assasination of Franz Ferdinand Apr 22, 1915 Battle of Ypres II Aug 4, 1918 Battle of the Somme Nov 11, 1918 Armistice Day End of WWI Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Oct 5, 1939 Star of WW II Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 30, 1945 Hitler's Sucide May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Day