New France
1608–1763 · Event
A century and a half of French America: a fur-trade empire of voyageurs, Jesuits and habitants stretching from Acadia to Louisiana — always rich in land, always short of settlers.
On these timelines: Canada, Master, France
More from Canada
- Canadian Confederation (1867)
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759)
- Champlain founds Quebec (1608)
- Cartier claims Canada for France (1534)
- Constitution patriated with the Charter (1982)
- John Cabot reaches North America (1497)
- Hudson's Bay Company chartered (1670)
- Canadian Pacific Railway built (1881)
Around 1608
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- English Civil War (1642)
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Edo period (1603)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)