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Montreal

largest city in Quebec, Canada

66 dated entries naming Montreal, drawn from 54 separate years between 1535 CE and 2019 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.

Also written as Montreal, Quebec, Montréal in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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16th century

  • 1535October 2 – Jacques Cartier reaches the island in the Saint Lawrence River, that eventually becomes Montreal.source

17th century

  • 1639French nobleman Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière obtains the seigneurial title to the island of Montreal in New France (modern-day Quebec) in the name of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal to establish a Roman Catholic mission to evangelize indigenous peoples.source
  • 1642May 17 – Ville-Marie (later Montreal) is founded as a permanent settlement.source
  • 1643Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, places the first Mount Royal Cross atop Mount Royal above Montreal.source
  • 1686March 3 – A group of 107 French Canadian soldiers, under the command of Pierre de Troyes, begins the Hudson Bay expedition, departing from Montreal on an 800 mi journey to take control of the properties of British North American settlers of the Hudson's Bay Company. The group marches for 82 days and arrives at the first Hudson's Bay fort, at Moose Factory on June 19.source
  • 1700January 12 - Marguerite Bourgeoys (born Troyes, France on April 17, 1620), a first school teacher in Montreal and founder of the congregation of Notre Dame (the first order of uncloistered nuns in North America).source

18th century

  • 1702October 28 – Sieur Juchereau, Lieutenant General of Montréal, establishes the first trading post on the Wabash River in order to trade buffalo hides with American Indians. The site of the trading post may be the modern-day location of Vincennes, Indiana.source
  • 1734A Montreal slave named Marie-Joseph Angelique learns that she is to be sold to someone else. Possibly, to obscure her attempt to escape, she may have set fire to the house of her mistress, Thérèse de Couagne. The fire could not be contained, causing damage to half of Old Montreal. She was charged, tried and hanged, bringing attention to the conditions of the slaves.source
  • 1734June 21 – In Montreal, New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is tortured then hanged by the French authorities for allegedly setting a fire that destroyed part of the city.source
  • 1735Quebec: Construction begins on the Chemin du roy between Quebec and Montreal.source
  • 1760Saturday September 6 – Amherst arrives at Montreal.source
  • 1760April 20 – France's Marshal François Gaston de Lévis departs from Montreal up the St. Lawrence River with 7,000 troops on a plan to retake Quebec City from the British.source
  • 17631763–1820 The Conquest: French defeated. British take over and successfully expand fur trade from Montreal (North West Company). Much money is invested in Montreal.source
  • 1764Canada is divided into two chief judicial districts (Quebec and Montreal). Martial law, in Canada, terminates.source
  • 1765May 18 – Not long after British rule has started over the formerly French colony of Quebec, an accidental fire destroys one quarter of the town of Montreal.source
  • 176518 May – Fire destroys a large part of the town of Montreal, Quebec.source
  • 1775May 1 – A bust of George III is found, in Montreal, adorned with beads, cross, and mitre, with the words "Pope of Canada: Sot of England." A reward of 500 guineas does not lead to apprehension of the culprit.source
  • 1775September 25 – American Revolution: Siege of Fort St. Jean – Battle of Longue-Pointe: Thirteen Colonies revolutionary forces under Maj. Ethan Allen attack Montreal in Quebec, commanded by British General Guy Carleton. Allen's forces are defeated, and Allen himself is captured and held on British ships until he is released.source
  • 1775November 13 – American Revolution: Battle of Montreal – American forces under Brigadier General Richard Montgomery capture Montreal. British General Guy Carleton escapes to Quebec.source
  • 1777June 20 – Jean-Jacques Lartigue, bishop of Montreal (d.1840)source
  • 1782Montreal Upper Yellowstone, on old Indian trail along east slope of the mountains, challenging Spanish trade goods.source
  • 1786John Molson founds his first brewery in Montreal.source
  • 17951790s – British create protective tariffs to encourage timber production for Navy after Napoléon Bonaparte cuts off Baltic supply of tall trees and hardwood. First in New Brunswick then in Lower and Upper Canada. Montreal merchants expand transport to handle trade.source

19th century

  • 1812David Thompson retires to Montreal.source
  • 1812August 20 – Launch of John Molson's second steamboat, the Swiftsure, at Montreal.source
  • 1822Louis-Joseph Papineau and John Neilson, both members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, travel from Montreal to England to oppose an Act of Union identifying the French Canadians as a minority without language rights. The act is not passed in the British Parliament.source
  • 1825September 7 – Soldiers of the 70th Regiment subdue a fire, which consumes over eighty buildings, in Montreal.source
  • 1827First temperance society in Canada formed in Montrealsource
  • 1832May 21 – Election riots at Montreal. Three supporters of Daniel Tracey of the Parti Patriote are shot dead by government troops. Colonel MacIntosh and Captain Temple are arrested for ordering the shooting. The next day, it is announced that Tracey is elected to the Legislative Assembly for Montreal West.source
  • 1833September 19 – Military riot at Montreal.source
  • 1837November 6 Louis-Joseph Papineau begins the Lower Canada Rebellion in the Quebec city of Montreal.source
  • 1844Amnesty in Montreal provides for Papineau's return.source
  • 1847January 30 – Lord Elgin, Governor, arrives at Montreal.source
  • 1849April 25 – James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Governor General of Canada, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.source
  • 1851December 9 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.source
  • 1861April 14 – A major flood hits Montrealsource
  • 1864June 29 – St-Hilaire train disaster, a passenger train operated by Grand Trunk Railway and travelling from Quebec City to Montreal is derailed at a swung open bridge after a signal passed at danger. The train also collapses onto a ship, sinking both ship and train. 99 people are killed and 100 injured making this the deadliest train accident in Canada's history.source
  • 1872June 22 – A Grand Trunk Railway express passenger train from Toronto to Montreal derails near Shannonville, Ontario, killing 34.source
  • 1875March 3 – The first indoor ice hockey game is played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.source
  • 1879June 27 - Murder of Mary Gallagher in Griffintown, Montrealsource
  • 1885November 7 – The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia. John A. Macdonald receives a telegram announcing that the first train from Montreal in Quebec is approaching the Pacific.source
  • 1893March 22 – The Montreal Hockey Club wins the First Stanley Cup by defeating the Ottawa Hockey Club 3 to 1 at Montreal's Victoria Rinksource
  • 1899August 10 – Marshall "Major" Taylor wins the world 1 mi professional cycling championship in Montreal, securing his place as the first African American world champion in any sport.source

20th century

  • 1906January 1 – Canada's first movie theatre Ouimetoscope opens in Montrealsource
  • 1916March 30 – National Hockey Association's Montreal Canadiens win their First Stanley Cup by defeating the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Portland Rosebuds 3 games to 2. All Games were played at Montreal's Montreal Arena.source
  • 1917November 22 – In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the National Hockey Association suspends operations.source
  • 1920June – The Catholic Women's League is formed in Montreal.source
  • 1940August 5: Camillien Houde, the mayor of Montreal, is arrested for sedition due to his anti-conscription rhetoricsource
  • 1952September 6 – The CBC in Montreal, Quebec, goes on air launching television in Canada.source
  • 1963June 5 – The first annual National Hockey League Entry Draft is held in Montreal, Canada.source
  • 1963November 29 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all 118 on board, the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history.source
  • 1966October 14 – The city of Montreal inaugurates the Montreal Metro system.source
  • 1967April 27 – Montreal, Quebec, Expo 67, a World's Fair to coincide with the Canadian Confederation centennial, officially opens with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson igniting the Expo Flame in the Place des Nations.source
  • 1967July 24 – During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delights many Quebecers but angers the Canadian government and many English Canadians.source
  • 1967October 29 – Expo 67 closes in Montreal, after having attracted more than 50 million visitors in six months.source
  • 1969May 26–June 2 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono conduct their second bed-in. The follow-up to the Amsterdam event is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Lennon composes and records the song "Give Peace a Chance" during the event.source
  • 1970October 10 – October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.source
  • 1970December 3 – October Crisis: In Montreal, kidnapped British trade commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Government of Canada grants 5 terrorists from the FLQ's Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba.source
  • 1971March 4 – The southern part of Quebec, and especially Montreal, receives 16 1/2" (42 cm) of snow in what becomes known as the Century's Snowstorm (la tempête du siècle).source
  • 1976July 17 – The 1976 Summer Olympics begin in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.source
  • 1976July 17-August 1 - Bolivia participates in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canadasource
  • 1976August 1 – The 1976 Summer Olympics ends in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.source
  • 1981November 22 – The Edmonton Eskimos (14–1–1) barely stave off defeat and win a record 4th consecutive Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League, at the 69th Grey Cup at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders (5–11–0) with a score of 26–23 in the final three seconds, after being down 20–1 at halftime.source
  • 1992August 24 – Concordia University massacre: Valery Fabrikant murders four colleagues and seriously wounds another in a shooting at Concordia University, in Montreal, Quebec.source

21st century

  • 2005November 28 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Montreal.source
  • 2019September 27 – 500,000 people march in a climate change protest led by activist Greta Thunberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal, Canada. 4,000,000 go on strike around the world.source

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