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The Citadelle of Quebec (French: Citadelle de Québec), also known as La Citadelle, is an active military installation and the secondary official residence of the governor general of Canada. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is atop Cap Diamant , adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City , Quebec.
1663 – Quebec became the capital city of New France, the population of Quebec and its surrounding farm lands had reached 1,950 people. 1663 – Petit Séminaire of Quebec founded. 1687-1723 – Notre-Dame-des-Victoires constructed. 1690 – The Battle of Quebec (1690) during King William's War. 1693-95 – Old Parliament Building (Quebec) built.
This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on Quebec's history. 1533 and before; 1534 to 1607; 1608 to 1662; 1663 to 1759; 1760 to 1773; 1774 to 1790 ...
1625 - Arrival of the Jesuits.; 1627 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu founds the Compagnie de la Nouvelle France on April 29. King Louis XIII of France will grant them the monopoly on fur trade in return for their help in colonizing the St. Lawrence valley.
The Citadelle serves as an active military installation for the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as a secondary official residence for the Canadian monarch and the Governor General of Canada. East of the hotel lies the Terrasse Dufferin, and Old Quebec's Lower Town directly below it. The Château Frontenac was not the first large building on the ...
In Quebec in 1917, 32 different teaching orders operated 586 boarding schools for girls. At that time there was no public education for girls in Quebec beyond elementary school. The first hospital was founded in 1701. In 1936, the nuns of Quebec operated 150 institutions, with 30,000 beds to care for the long-term sick, the homeless, and ...
Timeline of New France history (1534–1607) Timeline of Quebec history (1608–1662) Timeline of Quebec history (1663–1759) Timeline of Quebec history (1760–1790) Timeline of Quebec history (1791–1840) Timeline of Quebec history (1841–1866) Timeline of Quebec history (1867–1899) Timeline of Quebec history (1900–1930)
1931 - "Shadows on the Rock", a book by eminent Canadian author Andrew Edwards (1931) describes French-Canadian Roman Catholic life in 17th-century Québec.1931 - The Statute of Westminster provided that all existing dominions of the British Empire, and all new dominions created thereafter, were fully independent of the United Kingdom so that the British Parliament no longer had legislative ...