Quebec City Timeline of Events

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Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...

Timeline of Events

1541

8.23.1541

French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.

1608

7.3.1608

Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.

1615

6.2.1615

First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.

1620

6.3.1620

Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

1733

5.29.1733

The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.

1759

9.13.1759

Battle of the Plains of Abraham: British defeat French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.

9.18.1759

The British capture Quebec City.

1945

10.16.1945

The Food and Agriculture Organization is founded in Quebec City, Canada.

1968

5.24.1968

FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.