2 Son of the previous Governor of that name.
APPENDIX II
DATES OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF CANADA DOWN TO 1763
| YEAR | |
| North America discovered by Cabot | 1497 |
| Cartier's first voyage | 1534 |
| Cartier's second voyage and discovery of the St. Lawrence | 1535 |
| Champlain's first voyage to North America | 1603 |
| Founding of Port Royal | 1605 |
| Quebec founded by Champlain | 1608 |
| Hudson discovers the Hudson River | 1609 |
| Hudson discovers Hudson Bay | 1610 |
| Port Royal destroyed by Argall | 1613 |
| Grant of Acadia to Sir W. Alexander | 1621 |
| Company of the One Hundred Associates incorporated | 1627 |
| Quebec taken from the French by Kirke | 1629 |
| Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye. Canada restored to France | 1632 |
| Death of Champlain | 1635 |
| Founding of Montreal | 1642 |
| Acadia taken by the English | 1645 |
| Destruction of the Huron Missions | 1648-50 |
| Company of One Hundred Associates dissolved and Canada taken over by the French Crown | 1663 |
| New York taken by Great Britain | 1664 |
| Expedition of Tracy and Courcelles against the Five Nations | 1666 |
| La Salle comes to Canada | 1666 |
| Treaty of Breda. Acadia restored to the French | 1667 |
| La Salle supposed to have discovered the Ohio | 1669-71 |
| Incorporation of the Hudson Bay Company | 1670 |
| Count Frontenac's first government | 1672-82 |
| Founding of Fort Frontenac | 1673 |
| Joliet and Marquette reach the Mississippi from Lake Michigan | 1673 |
| Treaty of Westminster. New York finally ceded to Great Britain | 1674 |
| La Salle descends the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico | 1682 |
| La Salle's expedition to Texas | 1684-5 |
| Treaty of Whitehall | 1686 |
| Forts in Hudson Bay raided by Iberville | 1686 |
| Death of La Salle | 1687 |
| Massacre of Lachine | 1689 |
| Count Frontenac's second government | 1689-98 |
| Port Royal taken by Phipps | 1690 |
| Phipps' expedition against Quebec | 1690 |
| Peace of Ryswick | 1697 |
| First colonization of Louisiana by Iberville | 1699 |
| Founding of Detroit | 1701 |
| Callières' Treaty with the Five Nation Indians | 1701 |
| Five Nation Indians acknowledge supremacy of Great Britain | 1701 |
| Port Royal taken by Nicholson | 1710 |
| Expedition of Walker and Hill against Quebec | 1711 |
| Peace of Utrecht. Hudson Bay and Acadia ceded to Great Britain | 1713 |
| English fort built at Oswego | 1727 |
| Western discoveries by the Verendryes | 1731-43 |
| First siege and capture of Louisbourg | 1745 |
| Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle | 1748 |
| Halifax founded | 1749 |
| Fort Duquesne built by the French | 1754 |
| Expulsion of the Acadians | 1755 |
| The Alcide and the Lys taken by Boscawen | 1755 |
| Braddock defeated on the Monongahela | 1755 |
| Johnson's victory over Dieskau at Lake George | 1755 |
| Oswego taken by Montcalm | 1756 |
| William Shirley recalled | 1756 |
| Abortive attempt against Louisbourg by Loudoun and Holborne | 1757 |
| Fort William Henry taken by Montcalm | 1757 |
| Pitt comes into power | 1757 |
| Louisbourg taken by Amherst and Wolfe | 1758 |
| Abercromby defeated at Ticonderoga and Lord Howe killed | 1758 |
| Fort Frontenac taken by Bradstreet | 1758 |
| Fort Duquesne taken by Forbes | 1758 |
| Fort Niagara taken by Johnson | 1759 |
| Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken by Amherst | 1759 |
| Battle of Quebec. Deaths of Wolfe and Montcalm. Quebec surrendered to the English | 1759 |
| Surrender of Montreal and final conquest of Canada | 1760 |
| Resignation of Pitt. Bute comes into power | 1761 |
| War between Great Britain and Spain | 1762 |
| Peace of Paris. Canada ceded to Great Britain | 1763 |
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