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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

capital and largest city of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

6 dated entries naming St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, drawn from 6 separate years between 1527 CE and 1901 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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16th century

  • 1527August 3 – The first known letter is sent from North America by John Rut, while at St. John's, Newfoundland, during his voyage to the New World.source
  • 1583August 5 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert, on the site of the modern-day city of St. John's, claims the island of Newfoundland on behalf of England, marking the beginning of the British Empire.source

18th century

  • 1709January 1 – Battle of St. John's: The French capture St. John's, the capital of the British colony of Newfoundland.source

19th century

  • 1816January 17 – Fire nearly destroys the city of St. John's, Newfoundland.source
  • 1892July 8 – The Great Fire of 1892 devastates the city of St. John's, Newfoundland.source

20th century

  • 1901December 12 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, sent from Poldhu, England, to St. John's, Newfoundland; it is the letter "S" in Morse code.source

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