Post by IAMCAPER on Jul 7, 2004 23:40:50 GMT -4
Cape Bretons Time Line
570 000 000bc --- The birth of Cape Breton
8000bc --- estimated arrival of the native people
1000ad --- first arrivals of viking people
1497 --- arrival of John Cabot/claiming of Cape Breton by England
1500 --- Breton Fishermen arrive from France
1501 --- Exploration by Gaspar Cortereal (Portuguese)
1520 --- Exploration by Portuguese explorer Joao f*gundes
1521 --- First permanent settlement (portuguese)
1536 --- partly mapped by Jaques Cartier
1578 --- Anthony Packhurst explores Cape Breton/first fight for possesion
1597 --- Captain Liegh lands at Sydney and explores Cape Breton
1604 --- settlement of niganis (ingonish)
1629 --- settlement of Baliene by Lord Ochiltree (English)
1630 --- Siege of Lord Ociltrees fort by the French (Captain Daniel)
1631 --- Building of the French fort and settlement at St. Annes
1636 --- establishment of the fur trade by Nicholas Denys
1713 --- Treaty of Utrect officially gives Cape Breton to France
1720 --- Fortress of Louisbourg is founded
1721 --- first coal mine in North America built near Louisbourg
1749 --- The first siege and capture of Louisbourg by the English
1752 --- Louisbourg returned to the French
1758 --- Louisbourg and St. Annes recaptured by the English
1785 --- Sydney founded by Fredrick DesBarres (English)
1820 --- Cape Breton becomes part of Nova Scotia
1885 --- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, came to Cape Breton
1902 --- First wireless telegraph ever sent from Glace Bay (Marconi)
1909 --- First flight in the British Empire (Alexander Graham Bell)
570 000 000bc --- The birth of Cape Breton
8000bc --- estimated arrival of the native people
1000ad --- first arrivals of viking people
1497 --- arrival of John Cabot/claiming of Cape Breton by England
1500 --- Breton Fishermen arrive from France
1501 --- Exploration by Gaspar Cortereal (Portuguese)
1520 --- Exploration by Portuguese explorer Joao f*gundes
1521 --- First permanent settlement (portuguese)
1536 --- partly mapped by Jaques Cartier
1578 --- Anthony Packhurst explores Cape Breton/first fight for possesion
1597 --- Captain Liegh lands at Sydney and explores Cape Breton
1604 --- settlement of niganis (ingonish)
1629 --- settlement of Baliene by Lord Ochiltree (English)
1630 --- Siege of Lord Ociltrees fort by the French (Captain Daniel)
1631 --- Building of the French fort and settlement at St. Annes
1636 --- establishment of the fur trade by Nicholas Denys
1713 --- Treaty of Utrect officially gives Cape Breton to France
1720 --- Fortress of Louisbourg is founded
1721 --- first coal mine in North America built near Louisbourg
1749 --- The first siege and capture of Louisbourg by the English
1752 --- Louisbourg returned to the French
1758 --- Louisbourg and St. Annes recaptured by the English
1785 --- Sydney founded by Fredrick DesBarres (English)
1820 --- Cape Breton becomes part of Nova Scotia
1885 --- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, came to Cape Breton
1902 --- First wireless telegraph ever sent from Glace Bay (Marconi)
1909 --- First flight in the British Empire (Alexander Graham Bell)