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Louis Riel is born in the Red River settlement.
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Riel speaks at a meeting of Métis residents about rights in event of annexation of Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) lands by Canada.
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Riel stop the Dominion Government land survey.
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Riel appears before the Council of Assiniboia and declares the National Committee will block entry of any governor unless union with Canada is based on negotiation with the Métis and the population in general.
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List of Rights approved to negotiate provincial status with federal government.
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Riel goes into voluntary exile in St. Paul, Minnesota at the request of John A. Macdonald, who supposedly wanted to reduce tension and help avoid conflict between Quebec and Ontario.
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Riel elected to Parliament, but never enters to take his seat, fearing he would be arrested for murder.
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Riel delays taking his seat and is once again expelled
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Riel lives in New York; marries Marguerite Monet, 1881 (three children); takes U.S. citizenship in 1883; teaches in Montana in 1884.
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Louis Riel, at 41 years of age, is found guilty of high treason and hanged in Regina.
