British Columbia

province of Canada

13 dated entries naming British Columbia, drawn from 12 separate years between 700 CE and 2011 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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7th century

700The Mount Edziza volcanic complex erupts in northern British Columbia, Canada.source

10th century

950The Mount Edziza volcanic complex in British Columbia, Canada, produces an explosive eruption that deposits the Sheep Track Member.source

19th century

1862March 13 – A smallpox epidemic in San Francisco spreads to British Columbia.source
1871July 20 – British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.source
1886April 6 – The settlement of Vancouver, British Columbia, is incorporated.source
1886June 13 – The Great Vancouver Fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.source
1899June 21 – "Treaty 8", the most comprehensive of the eleven Numbered Treaties, is signed between the British Crown on behalf of Canada, with various Cree groups of the First Nations, ceding 320000 sqmi of land in the northern parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, as well as a portion of the Northwest Territories, to the Canadian government.source

20th century

1918December 6 – A magnitude (M w ) 7.2 earthquake shakes British Columbia.source
1948The Oakridge Transit Centre opens in Vancouver, British Columbia.source
1951June 15–July 1 – In New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, thousands of acres of forests are destroyed in fires.source
1956December 9 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes into Slesse Mountain near Chilliwack, British Columbia. All 62 people aboard, including five Canadian Football League players, are killed.source
1986May 2 – Expo 86, the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, a World's fair, opens in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.source

21st century

2011June 15 – A riot broke out in Vancouver, British Columbia in the aftermath of the Boston Bruins' win over the Vancouver Canucks in game seven of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.source