Timeline of Quebec history (Beginnings to 1533)

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Timeline of Quebec history
The dawn of time	Beginnings to 1533	1534 to 1607

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This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns events up to 1533.

Contents 1 Prehistory 2 11th century 3 15th century 4 16th century

[edit] Prehistory

• Paleo-Amerindians, whose presence in Quebec can be traced back 100,000 years, preceded the Algonquian and Iroquoian aboriginal peoples, with whom the Europeans first made contact in the 16th century.
• Some 8,000 years ago, the south of Quebec became habitable when the temperature warmed up on this part of the Earth. The first peoples began to immigrate on what is today the territory of Quebec. They were the ancestors of today's Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples.

[edit] 11th century

• 1001 - The Viking explorer Leif Ericson reaches America by ship.

[edit] 15th century

• 1492 - For the Queen of Castile (later, Spain), Christopher Columbus crosses the Atlantic ocean.
• 1497 - John Cabot reaches the island of Newfoundland, which he claims for England

[edit] 16th century

• 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian in the service of the French crown explores the East coast of America from Florida to Newfoundland.
• 1525 to 1530 - Basque fishermen and whalers regularly sail in the St. Lawrence estuary and the Saguenay River.

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Timeline of Quebec history
The dawn of time	Beginnings to 1533	1534 to 1607