Pierre Trudeau
1919–2000 · Person
The philosopher-king of Canadian politics for fifteen years: bilingualism, the Charter, the patriated constitution — and a shrug for his critics. 'Just watch me.'
On these timelines: Canada, Master, People
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- Canadian Confederation (1867)
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759)
- Champlain founds Quebec (1608)
- New France (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)
Around 1919
- Presidency of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1923)
- Spanish flu pandemic (1918)
- Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910)
- Great Depression (1929)
- Irish revolutionary period (1912)
- Russian Revolution (1917)
- Mexican Revolution (1910)
- World War I (1914)
- Founding of the Soviet Union (1922)
- Pop music: the 1910s (1910)