City of Halifax Timeline of Events

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Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

Timeline of Events

1749

6.21.1749

Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

1750

7.11.1750

Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.

1840

7.4.1840

The Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS ''Britannia'' departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end.

1917

12.6.1917

Halifax Explosion: In Canada, a munitions explosion kills more than 1,900 people and destroys part of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1920

11.1.1920

American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.

1950

5.29.1950

The ''St. Roch'', the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia .