Sir Humphrey Gilbert arrives in Newfoundland 1583 In 1578, the adventurer Sir Humphrey Gilbert (half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh) was given royal authority to colonize the... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2733
Banting and Best discover insulin January 23, 1922 On January 23, 1922, Frederick Banting and Charles Best injected insulin into a 14-year-old boy dying of... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2919
Nellie McClung leads suffragettes in a mock Parliament January 27, 1914 In 1914, activist Nellie McClung sought to rally public support for women’s suffrage in the province of... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3710
Palliser Expedition begins 1857 The continuing growth of the economy and the population in Canada West (Ontario) increased pressure for expanded... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1629
Halifax Gazette, Canada’s first newspaper, is printed 1752 Published by John Bushell, the weekly Halifax Gazette was the first newspaper in Canada. Beginning only 3 years after the... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2548
The Durham Report February 4, 1839 On February 4, 1839, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, presented the British Colonial Office with his... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2736
Cartier-Roberval site is established 1541 In 1541, Jacques Cartier established what he hoped would be the first permanent French settlement in North America. Named... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1265
Agriculture spreads into southern Ontario AD 500 Agriculture began in earnest in southern Ontario with the introduction of beans, squash and, especially, maize (corn).... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1148
The First Peoples in Canada 20,000 to 15,000 BC The human settlement of North and South America had to await the beginnings of glacial melting, which opened... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1452