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1 The Village of Ville-Marie
2 The City of Montreal
3 One Island One City
4 Origin of the name
5 See also
6 External link
When Jacques Cartier visited what would become the Island of Montreal on October 2, 1535, an Iroquois fort, Hochelaga, was already there. Human habitation had existed in the Montreal area for some 8,000 years, while the oldest known artifact found in Montreal proper is about 4,000 years old. [1]

1 The Village of Ville-Marie

Samuel de Champlain visited again in 1603, but the French did not settle until 1642, when a group of priests, nuns, and colonists under Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve founded the village of Ville-Marie on May 17 of that year. One of the members of this group of settlers was Jeanne Mance, who, in 1644, founded the Hôtel-Dieu , the first hospital in North America.

The village grew and became an important centre of the fur trade. It was the jumping-off point for the French exploration of the interior by such explorers as Jolliet, La Salle, La VérendryePierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Verendrye ( 1685- 1749) was a French- Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer In 1728 he was appointed commandant of the French posts on the north shore of Lake Superior. Between 1731 and 1737 he built s, and Duluth .

The town was fortified in 1725Events February 8 Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. March 2 In London, night watchman finds a severed head by the Thames; it is later recogn and remained French until 1760Events January 9 Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat. March 20 The "Great Fire" of Boston destroys 349 buildings. June 4 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia Canada taken from the Acadians. July 8 French an, when Pierre de Cavagnal, Marquis de VaudreuilPierre Francois de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal ( 1698 1778) was a French Canadian colonial governor in the Americas. He was born November 22, 1698 to the governor of New France, Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil and his wife Louise-Elisabeth de Joybe surrendered it to the BritishGreat Britain (often abbreviated as Britain is an island lying off the western coast of Europe, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom. Great Britain is also used as a political term describing the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, army under Lord Geoffrey Amherst.

A fire destroyed one quarter of the town on May 18May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). There are 227 days remaining. Events 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. 1652 Rhode Island passes the fi, 1765Events March 9 Judges in Paris find Jean Calas innocent, (after having been tortured and executed in 1762) of murdering his son, Marc-Antoine, who had committed suicide), mainly because Voltaire wrote a series of articles calling for the case to be re-ope.

The town remained populated by a majority of Francophones until around the 1830s. From the 1830s, to about 1865, it was inhabited by a majority of Anglophones, most of recent immigration from the British Isles or other parts of British North America.



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