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1608 – L'Habitation (Quebec City) was founded by Samuel de Champlain, near the ruins of Stadacona.
1615 – The first missionaries, the Recollets, arrived in the city.
1629-32 – The city briefly passed into possession of the English.
1629 – The Recollets left New France but returned in 1670.
1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632).
1635 – The Jesuits arrived and found the Collège de Québec.
1636 – Charles Huault de Montmagny became the settlement’s governor, who presided over expansion of the settlement and construction of its first church, Notre Dame de la Paix.
1639 – The Ursulines arrived; Ecole des Ursulines, Quebec established.
1639 – The Augustines arrived; Hôtel-Dieu de Québec founded by Augustinians. It was administered by the Augustinian order until 1962.
1647 – The first Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral constructed.
1648 – The first Chateau St. Louis was built under the direction of Charles de Montmagny.
1663 – Quebec became the capital city of New France, the population of Quebec and its surrounding farm lands had reached 1,950 people.
1615 – The first missionaries, the Recollets, arrived in the city.
1629-32 – The city briefly passed into possession of the English.
1629 – The Recollets left New France but returned in 1670.
1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632).
1635 – The Jesuits arrived and found the Collège de Québec.
1636 – Charles Huault de Montmagny became the settlement’s governor, who presided over expansion of the settlement and construction of its first church, Notre Dame de la Paix.
1639 – The Ursulines arrived; Ecole des Ursulines, Quebec established.
1639 – The Augustines arrived; Hôtel-Dieu de Québec founded by Augustinians. It was administered by the Augustinian order until 1962.
1647 – The first Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral constructed.
1648 – The first Chateau St. Louis was built under the direction of Charles de Montmagny.
1663 – Quebec became the capital city of New France, the population of Quebec and its surrounding farm lands had reached 1,950 people.
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Quebec, French Québec, city, port, and capital of Quebec province, Canada. One of the oldest cities in Canada—having celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2008—Quebec city has a distinct old-world character and charm. It is the only remaining walled city in North America north of Mexico and was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985. Among its other distinguishing characteristics are its narrow cobble-
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stone streets, stone buildings, fortifications, and rich French Canadian culture grounded in the French language.
The first European to visit the area was French explorer Jacques Cartier, who was seeking a route to Asia as well as searching for valuable minerals such as gold and diamonds. On his second voyage to North America, he sailed up the St. Lawrence in 1535 and wintered in the Huron Indian village of Stadacona (the site of modern Quebec city). Cartier made a third and final trip to the region in 1541, bringing settlers to establish a French colony at Stadacona, though they abandoned this effort after a couple of years. It was not until furs became an exceptionally valuable commodity by 1600 that the French renewed their interest in maintaining control of New France.
In 1608 Samuel de Champlain installed the first permanent base in Canada at Quebec, which grew as a fortified fur-trading post. The St. Lawrence and its tributaries gave the French the best access to the interior of North America and control over the fur trade, an advantage that the British wanted to gain. Quebec, the guardian of New France, was under constant threat. In 1629 it was captured by the British, who held it until 1632, when the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye restored it to France. There were other attempts by the British to capture this stronghold, but all failed until the famous Battle of Quebec on the Plains of Abraham (adjacent to the city) in 1759, in which the French were defeated. Shortly thereafter most of the French-held territory in North America was ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
~Britannica
The first European to visit the area was French explorer Jacques Cartier, who was seeking a route to Asia as well as searching for valuable minerals such as gold and diamonds. On his second voyage to North America, he sailed up the St. Lawrence in 1535 and wintered in the Huron Indian village of Stadacona (the site of modern Quebec city). Cartier made a third and final trip to the region in 1541, bringing settlers to establish a French colony at Stadacona, though they abandoned this effort after a couple of years. It was not until furs became an exceptionally valuable commodity by 1600 that the French renewed their interest in maintaining control of New France.
In 1608 Samuel de Champlain installed the first permanent base in Canada at Quebec, which grew as a fortified fur-trading post. The St. Lawrence and its tributaries gave the French the best access to the interior of North America and control over the fur trade, an advantage that the British wanted to gain. Quebec, the guardian of New France, was under constant threat. In 1629 it was captured by the British, who held it until 1632, when the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye restored it to France. There were other attempts by the British to capture this stronghold, but all failed until the famous Battle of Quebec on the Plains of Abraham (adjacent to the city) in 1759, in which the French were defeated. Shortly thereafter most of the French-held territory in North America was ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
~Britannica
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