Quebec

Eventos (22)

• 1616

  7/11 — Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.

• 1632

  3/29 — Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.

• 1694

  10/23 — Las fuerzas coloniales británicas/americanas, lideradas por Sir William Phips, no logran capturar Quebec de los franceses.

• 1759

  6/27 — General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.

• 1763

  2/10 — Guerra Franco-Indígena: El Tratado de París termina la guerra y Francia cede Quebec a Gran Bretaña.

• 1774

  6/22 — The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.

• 1791

  3/4 — La Ley Constitucional de 1791 es presentada por la Cámara de los Comunes británica en Londres, que prevé la separación de Canadá en Canadá Inferior (Quebec) y Canadá Superior (Ontario).

• 1832

  6/7 — Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.

• 1837

  5/25 — The Rebels of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for governmental reforms.

• 1838

  2/28 — Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).

• 1864

  6/29 — Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.

• 1866

  6/7 — One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Quebec.

• 1875

  3/3 — The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.

• 1944

  9/15 — Franklin D. Roosevelt y Winston Churchill se reúnen en Quebec como parte de la Conferencia del Octágono para discutir la estrategia.

• 1949

  2/14 — The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.

• 1970

  10/10 — In Montreal, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

• 1976

  11/15 — René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.

• 1977

  7/26 — La Asamblea Nacional de Quebec impone el uso del francés como idioma oficial del gobierno provincial.

• 1990

  7/11 — Crisis de Oka: Comienza la disputa territorial de las Primeras Naciones en Quebec, Canadá.

• 1995

  10/30 — Los ciudadanos de Quebec votan estrechamente (50.58% a 49.42%) a favor de permanecer como provincia de Canadá en su segundo referendo sobre soberanía nacional.

• 1996

  7/18 — Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.

• 1998

  8/20 — The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.