samuel de champlians life By robertk19526 Jan 1, 1567 samuel de champlain's birth Jan 19, 1594 he served in the army. Oct 14, 1599 crossed the ocean to get to guadelope Jul 4, 1601 champlain took notes and sketched birds animals plants and trees and went to spain Aug 31, 1603 in 1603 samuel traveled to canada for the first time and he visited the st lawrence river Dec 13, 1603 crossed the atlantic ocean to cape cod Dec 25, 1604 in 1604 he found the st croix river valley May 14, 1609 in 1609 champlain fights the iroqouis Jun 27, 1610 he then moved to the great lakes Sep 18, 1615 he found Quebec and traded with the indians Oct 31, 1615 he loses a battle against iroqouis at present day syracuse in 1615 Mar 23, 1616 he then found a another french that brought five boats full of french people Apr 22, 1632 france controlles quebec in 1632 Feb 8, 1633 in 1633 he returns to france and is not let in by the french government Jul 15, 1635 in 1635 he returned to quebec and dies