Manitoba Timeline of Events

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Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other major industries are transportation, manufacturing, mining, forestry, energy, and tourism...

Timeline of Events

1800

6.7.1800

David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.

1816

6.19.1816

Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1870

5.12.1870

The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.

7.15.1870

Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established from these vast territories.

8.24.1870

The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.

1885

11.16.1885

Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason.