Timeline of Canadian History By Samaya101 500 Chinese Monks Dec 24, 1000 Vikings Dec 24, 1215 Magna Carta Dec 24, 1534 Jaqcues Cartier Dec 24, 1604 Samuel de Champlain Dec 24, 1642 English Civil War Dec 24, 1645 Acadians traded with the Mi'kmaq Dec 24, 1663 Sun King Louis XIV Dec 24, 1756 7 Years War Dec 24, 1759 Plains of Abraham Dec 24, 1770 War of Independence Dec 24, 1774 Perez Dec 24, 1776 Americans win the American Revolution Dec 24, 1778 James Cook trades with the Nuu Chah Nulth Dec 24, 1783 Treaty of Paris