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Oldest post-conquest settlement in northern Mexico [11] 1575: Aguascalientes: Aguascalientes: Mexico: 1576: León: Guanajuato: Mexico: 1583 Harbour Grace [12] Newfoundland and Labrador Canada First permanent English settlement in North America 1585: Roanoke Colony: North Carolina: United States: Settlers were left on the island on August 17 ...
Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States: Oldest US settlement north of Virginia and second oldest state or territorial capital in the continental United States, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém: Pernambuco: Brazil
This was in response to intelligence that the Russians had begun to explore the Pacific Coast of North America, which the Spanish considered part of New Spain. [34] Santa Cruz de Nuca and Fort San Miguel at Nootka Sound – (1789–1795) The first colony in British Columbia and the only Spanish settlement in what is now Canada. [35]
Fishing expeditions came seasonally; the first small permanent settlements appeared around 1630. Catholic-Protestant religious tensions were high but mellowed after 1860. The British colony voted against joining Canada in 1869 and became an independent dominion in 1907.
L'Anse aux Meadows (lit. ' Meadows Cove ') is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony.
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was a pivotal battle during the French and Indian War over the fate of New France, influencing the later creation of Canada.. The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day.
1526: Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón briefly establishes the failed settlement of San Miguel de Gualdape in South Carolina, the first site of enslavement of Africans in North America and of the first slave rebellion. 1527: Fishermen are using the harbor at St. John's, Newfoundland and other places on the coast.
Possibly the oldest extant building / site in Canada. The permanent garrison left in 1854 and it became Canada's first National Historic Site in 1917. de Gannes-Cosby House: 1693 1708 [94] Annapolis Royal: Possibly the oldest, privately owned, wooden house in Canada. Some additions to house up to the 20th century. Adams-Ritchie House: 1686 [95 ...