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French explorer Samuel de Champlain founds Québec
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Quebecer John Abbott becomes Canada’s first native-born prime minister
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Quebecer Wilfrid Laurier becomes prime minister
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Marie Gérin-Lajoie becomes the first Québec woman to earn a bachelor’s degree.
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Quebecer Louis Saint-Laurent becomes prime minister.
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Liberal Jean Lesage becomes premier, and the Quiet Revolution (a series of social reforms) begins.
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Quebecer Pierre Trudeau becomes prime minister.
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Quebecer Brian Mulroney becomes prime minister
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Quebecer Jean Chrétien becomes prime minister
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Pauline Marois becomes the first female premier of Québec
