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Prehistory
Aboriginal presence in Pointe-du-Buisson (Melocheville) and in the Sorel region.
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1642
The founding of the city of Sorel, forth oldest city in Canada.
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1657
Year that Longueuil was founded through a Seigneury concession act to Charles Le Moyne.
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1665
Louis XIV decides to come to the aid of the colony and sends the Carignan-Salière regiment to face the Iroquois threat.
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1665
Construction of Route 1 “Chemin Chambly” between the cities of Chambly and Longueuil by the troops of the Carignan-Salière regiment, under the orders of Daniel Rentry de Courcelle, governor of New France. First road suitable for cars in Canada.
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1665
Construction of a wooden fort in Chambly, near the Richelieu River rapids, in order to prohibit the Iroquois access to the region.
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1667
The founding of the François-Xavier Mission in La Prairie to teach Native Americans the Christian religion.
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1668
The founding of Boucherville. Settlement of Pierre Boucher on the land of “Seigneuries des Îles-Percées”.
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1673
The founding of Châteauguay.
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1708
Construction of a windmill in Pointe-du-Moulin on l’Île-Perrot.
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1709
A stone fort replaces the wooden fort in Chambly.
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1716-1717
The Saint-François-Xavier Mission is moved and becomes Kahnawake.
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1748
The founding of the city of Saint-Hyacinthe.
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1750
The French dig the Rigolet Canal in Côteau-du-lac. First canal in North America.
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1759
The French undertake the construction of a star-shaped fort on l’Île-aux-Noix. It will become British in 1760.
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1759-1760
Battle of Québec and defeat of Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham. The French colony is surrendered to the British.
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1768
The return from exile after the “Great Upheaval” of 1755 (the expulsion of the Acadians), who settle in Sainte-Marguerite-de Blairfindie, which becomes “petite Acadie” and then L’Acadie.
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1775
Battle against the American troops at Dorion.
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1779-1780
The British build the first canal lock in North America in Coteau-du-Lac. An octagonal bunker will ensure its protection starting in 1812.
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1781
The British build the Lacolle River Blockhouse(the only building of its type in Québec still intact).
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1813
Under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel de Salaberry, the Canadian troops take down the American army at Allan’s Corner, better known as “The Battle of the Châteauguay”.
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1819
The construction of military buildings, by the British, on the site of the old French fort of l’Île-aux-Noix, which is Fort-Lennox.
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1836
Inauguration of the first Canadian railroad between La Prairie and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
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1837-1838
Patriots’ rebellion against the British regime. Victory at Saint-Denis.
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1843
Inauguration of the Chambly Canal, open to commercial navigation on the Richelieu River.
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1845
The construction of the Beauharnois Canal.
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1851
Inauguration of the first international railroad between Longueuil and Portland via Acton Vale.
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1860
Construction of Victoria Bridge. First bridge linking Montréal and the South Shore.
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1861
Construction of a covered bridge in Powerscourt (Hinchinbrooke). It is the oldest covered bridge in Canada.
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1879
Opening of world known organ builders, Casavant et Frères, in Saint-Hyacinthe.
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1909
Opening of King Edward amusement park on l’Île Groisbois in Boucherville. It closes its doors permanently in 1922.
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1930
The Airship R100, coming from Carling in Great Britain, lands in Saint-Hubert after its first and only transatlantic flight.
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1959
Opening of the Saint-Lawrence Seaway.
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1978
UNESCO recognizes Mont Saint-Hilaire as the first “Biosphere Reserve” in Canada.
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2000
UNESCO recognizes the Archipelago of Lake Saint-Pierre as the second “Biosphere Reserve” in Montérégie.