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Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; 13 August 1574 [2] [Note 1] [Note 2] – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.
1635 - The Jesuits found the Collège de Québec. 1635 - Samuel de Champlain dies on December 25. 1636 - Arrival of the new governor Charles Huault de Montmagny on June 12. 1639 - Foundation of the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal. 1639 - Arrival of the Ursulines and the Hospitalières in the colony.
Abitation de Quebec, 1608, established by Samuel de Champlain. Habitation de Québec was an ensemble of buildings interconnected by Samuel de Champlain when he founded Québec during 1608. The site is located in what is now Vieux-Québec, on the site of present-day Place Royale. [1]
Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America is a biography written by American historian David Hackett Fischer and published in 2008. It chronicles the life of French soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and "Father of New France," Samuel de Champlain.
The Sieur de Laviolette was the first commander of Trois-Rivières, ... Samuel de Champlain first visited the area, accompanied by Gravé Du Pont, in 1603. [1]
In 1603, Samuel de Champlain went to Champlain, Quebec. He erected the first permanent post which became Quebec City in 1608. The town of Trois-Rivières was founded in 1634. On August 16, 1643, Jacques Aubuchon of Trois-Rivières was granted permission to settle on land of the future Lordship of Champlain.
Samuel de Champlain also landed at Saint John Harbour on June 24, 1604 (the feast of St. John the Baptist) and is where the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, and the Saint John River gets their name. [54] The establishment of Quebec City in 1608, with Samuel de Champlain and his party depicted in the bottom foreground.
A plaque to commemorate Étienne Brûlé's discovery of the pathway to the Humber in Etienne Brule Park of Toronto, Ontario, puts his date of birth at 1595.. Brûlé, the son of Spire Bruslé and Marguerite Guérin, was born c. 1592 in Champigny-sur-Marne southeast of Paris.