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CHART XII.

isoo      French Period

1600

1700

English Period

1800

Dominion of Canada

1900

1497. Cabot discovered Newfoundland. 1498. Sebastian  Cabot discovered Hudson Strait. 1500. Cortereal entered Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1518. Baron de Levy visited Sable Island. 1524. Verazzano explored coast of Nova Scotia. 34. Jacques Cartier— first landing on Canadian soil. 35. Cartier' s   second     voyage — visits    Stadcona    (Quebec) and  Hochelaga (Montreal). 76-78. Frobisher  explores   Arctic Canada. 85. John Davis  discovered Davis Strait. 98. Marquis  de   la   Roche   lands convicts on Sable Island. 04. DeMonfcs  and   Champlain  on coast of Nova Scotia. 05. Port Royal founded  by Pout-rincourt. OS. Quebec founded by Champlain. 09. Champlain  defeated   Troquois and discovered Lake Cham-plain. 10. Henry Hudson 'explores Hudson Bay. 11. Jesuits arrive in Acadia. 13. St. Johns,     Newfoundland, founded. Port  Royal   destroyed by Argall. 16. Wm. Baffin  explores Baffin's Bay. 17. Iroquois invade Canada. 23. English in Nova Scotia. 29. Capture of Quebec by English. 32. Treaty of St. Germain. Quebec restored to France. 35. Lake Michigan discovered by Nicollet. 40. Lake   Erie     discovered     by Jesuits. 42. Montreal founded. 64. Acadia taken by English. 55. Treaty of Westminster. Canada and Acadia restored to France. 68. Pere Marquette founded Mission at Sault Ste. Marie. 70. Hudson Bay Company founded. 89. Lachine massacre. 90. Phipps captures Port Royal — is repulsed at Quebec. 91. Schuyler's raid into Canada. 96. Nova Scotia made royal province. 98. Population of Canada 18,355. 09-11. Canada invaded by English; Port Royal taken by Nicholson. 13. Treaty at Utrecht. Louisburg   ; founded. 19. First government founded by English in Nova Scotia. 45. Louisburg captured. 48. Louisburg restored to France    j by Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. 49. Halifax founded. 55. Expulsion of Acadians. 68. Representative government established in Nova Scotia. Seven Years' War. 58. Capture   of     Louisburg    by English. 68. Battle of Ticonderoga. 59. Siege  of  Quebec;    defeat   of French on  Plains of Abraham by General Wolfe; surrender of Quebec. 60. Capitulation of Montreal. 63. Treaty of Paris. Canada and all  its   dependencies   surrendered to English. 1 I	Pop. 17G3 about 60,000. 68. Conspiracy of Pontiac. 64. Montreal  partly destroyed by fire. 69. Prince Edward Island   made a separate province. 74. Quebec Act. 75. American   Revolution. Invasion  of   Canada by Americans. Montgomery defeated at Quebec. 83. Treaty   of   Versailles. Canadian   southern   boundary established. 84. New   Brunswick    and   Cape Breton made separate provinces. 91. Constitutional Act. Province divided  into   Upper   and Lower    Canada. Pop. 161,811. 94. Toronto founded. 09. First steamboat on  St. Lawrence. 12. War of 1812. 12. Surrender of Detroit. 12. Americans repulsed at Queens-ton and at Odelltown. 18. Battle of Frenchtown. 18. Capture of Ogdensburg. 18. Battle of Stony Creek. 18. Battle of Lake Erie. 18. Battle of Moraviantown. 13. Battle of Chateaugay. 18. Battle of Chryslers Farm. 18. Capture of Fort Niagara. 14. Battle of La Colle Mitt. 14. Fort Erie taken. 14. Battle of Chippewa. 14. Battle of Lundy's Lane. 14. Family Compact. 16. Common  schools   established in Upper Canada. 25. Miramichi fire. 83. "Royal William," first steamboat crossed   the  Atlantic from Quebec. 87-88. Papineau's Rebellion. 87-38. Mackenzie's Rebellion. 41. Upper   and    Lower   Canada united. 42. Ashburton's Treaty,   settling boundary dispute. 68. Capital removed to Ottawa. 58. Atlantic Cable laid. 64. Quebec conference. 66. Fenian invasion. 67. Confederation    formed     and Dominion proclaimed. 67. Original Confederation. Ontario, area 260,862 Sq. M. Quebec. "  351,873 SQ. M. Nova Scotia, 21,428 Sq. M. New Brunswick, 27,985 Sq. M. Lord Monck, first Governor-general. 69. Red River Rebellion. 70. Northwest   territories    added    i to Dominion. 70. Manitoba admitted. 70. Fenian raid. 71. Treaty of Washington. 71. British Columbia admitted. 71. First Dominion Census. Pop. four provinces,  3,485.761 Manitoba,                     18,995 British Columbia,       80,247 Prince Edw. Island,    94,021 Total, 3,635,024 78. Prince Edward Island admitted. 76. Keewatin   Territory    created; area 470,416 sq. miles. 77. Halifax fisheries award. 80. All^ British   America   except Newfoundland   annexed   to Dominion. 82. Districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and  Athabasca created. 85. Saskatchewan Rebellion. 85. Canadian Pacific Railway completed. 95. Districts  created   from   unorganized territory. Ungava,   area 854. 961 Sq. M. Franklin,   "   600,000 Sq. M. Mackenzie,   "   562, 182 Sq. M. Yukon,     "    196.976 Sq. M. 97. Behring Sea award, $464,000. 98. Yukon made a territory. 01. Decennial  Census   of British Empire. Population: Eng. and Wales. .  32,526,075    ! Scotland .....     4,472,000    i Ireland    .....     4,456,546    ! Islands  .....         150,599    i India   ...... 294.26H.701    1 Canada    .....      5,369,666 Australia    ....     5,000,000 Other portions   -. 51,417,629   [ Total, 897,659,216 01. Duke and  Duchess  of  Cornwall visit Canada. 01. Australian   Federation   com-    j pleted. 02. Death of Earl of Dufferin. 02. First message by Pacific cable   j from Australia. } 08. Alaskan boundary settlement. 03. Grand Trunk  Pacific Railway 5,000 miles long projected. 04. Great fire in Toronto. 04. Dominion exhibition in Winnipeg,                                            i 04. Great fire in Winnipeg. 04. Earl Grey appointed Governor-general. 04. Miles of railway in Dominion, 19,611. 05. Government defeated in provincial election. 05. Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan  created   out   of Northwest territories. 08. Government  sustained in important   elections  involving railway    and    development policies. • 11. Borden elected Premier. 11. Duke of Connaught appointed Governor- General. 12.  Boundaries of  Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Northwest Territories  enlarged;   Ungava, Franklin and Mackenzie absorbed.

I England 09. Henry VIII. 53. Bloody Mary. 68. Elizabeth. 87. Mary Queen ol Scots beheaded. France 15. Francis I. 47. Henry II. 59. Francis II. 62. Huguenot War. 74. Henry III. 89. Henry IV. England 08. James I. 11. Translation of Bible. 49. Oliver  Cromwell. The  Commonwealth. CO. Charles II. 85. James II. 88. William,  Prince   of   Orange. Milton. Locke. France 10. Louis XIII. 29. Cardinal Richelieu. 48. Louis XIV. 48. Wars of the Fronde. 87. Peace of Ryswick. Germany 18. Thirty Years' War begins. 40. Frederick William the Great. 48. Peace of Westphalia. England 02. War with France. 13. Peace of Utrecht. 14. George I. 29. George II. 89. War with Spain. 46. Charles,  son   of   Pretender, defeated at Culloden. 56. War with France. 60. George III. 75. American Revolution. 93. War with France. !	France ! 15. Louis XV. ! 88. Peace of Vienna. 1 48. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. 63. Peace of Paris. f 74. Louis XVI. j 83. Peace of Versailles. j 98. The Revolution. 1       Various Countries 1 40-48. War of  Austrian   Succes-i            sion. j 40. Frederick II. the Great. j 56. Seven Years' War. i 25. Catherine I., Russia. j 27. Elizabeth, Russia. 83. War  between     France     and Poland. j 96. Napoleon invaded Italy. England 05. Battle of Trafalgar. 07. Slave trade abolished. 08. Peninsular War. 14. Peace with France. 15. War with Napoleon renewed. 20. George IV. 29. William IV. 37. Victoria crowned. 54. Crimean War. 57. Mutiny in India. 67. War with Abyssinia. 97. Queen's diamond jubilee. 99. Boer War. Various Countries 04. Bonaparte, emperor. 04. Francis II. of Austria. 14. Louis XVIII. of France. 15. Waterloo. Napoleon    overthrown. 48. Hungarian    War. Francis Joseph of Austria. 52. Napoleon III. 61. Alexander II. of Russia emancipates serfs. 70. War  between   Germany   and France. 71. William I., Emperor of   Ger-|               many. 71. Republic of France. 88. Frederick III. of Germany. 88. William II. of Germany. 94. China-Japan War. 98. Spanish-American War. England 01. Victoria died. 01. Edward VII., King. 02. Boer War ended. 10. Edward VII. died. George V. King. 10. South African I'nion formed. Various Countries 04. Construction   Panama    Canal undertaken by   the  United States. 04-5. Russo-Japanese War. 00. Revolt in Russia. 06. First Russian  Douma elected and convened. 06. Destruction  of San Francisco by earthquake and tire. 08. English troops evacuate Tibet after    occupation    uf   four years. 08. Bulgarian  independence   declared-