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    The history of Quebec City extends back thousands of years, with its first inhabitants being the First Nations peoples of the region. The arrival of French...
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    Quebec City (/kwɪˈbɛk/ or /kəˈbɛk/; French: Ville de Québec), officially known as Québec (French pronunciation: [kebɛk]), is the capital city of the Canadian...
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  • timeline of the history of Quebec City. 1535 - Jacques Cartier arrived and later winters in the village of Stadacona 1608 – L'Habitation (Quebec City) was...
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    responsible for a variety of dependencies (ex. Acadia, Plaisance, Louisiana, and the Pays d'en Haut). Common themes in Quebec's early history as Canada include...
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    The municipal history of Quebec started in 1796 with the creation of administrations for Montréal and Quebec City, but it really developed immediately...
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    The Quebec City mosque shooting (French: Attentat de la grande mosquée de Québec) was an attack by a single gunman on the evening of January 29, 2017,...
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    Quebec (French: Québec [kebɛk] ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest...
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    just outside the walls of Quebec City on land that was originally owned by a farmer named Abraham Martin, hence the name of the battle. The battle involved...
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  • "from Quebec" or "of Quebec" = du Québec) while the city remains simply Québec ("in Québec City" = à Québec, "from / of Quebec City" = de Québec). Where...
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    This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain...
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    ramparts of Quebec City (French: Fortifications de Québec) is a city wall that surrounds the western end of Old Quebec's Upper Town in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada...
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    This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns events through 1533. Paleo-Amerindians, whose presence in Quebec can be traced back 10,000 years...
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  • 3rd Summit of the Americas was a summit held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on April 20–22, 2001. This international meeting was a round of negotiations...
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    The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (French: Corridor Québec-Windsor) is the most densely populated and heavily industrialized region of Canada. As its name...
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    the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. It took place in Quebec City on August 17–24, 1943, at both the Citadelle and the Château Frontenac...
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    This section of the timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the fall of Quebec as part of New France during the French and Indian Wars...
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  • network of Quebec City. Institut canadien de Montréal History of Quebec Timeline of Quebec history History of Canada Institut canadien de Québec website...
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  • Quebec French is different in pronunciation and vocabulary to the French of Europe and that of France's Second Empire colonies in Africa and Asia. Similar...
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    general of Canada. It is atop Cap Diamant, adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Quebec. The citadel forms part of the fortifications of Quebec City...
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    [levi] ) is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old...
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    This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events relating to the Quebec portion of New France between the establishment of the Sovereign...
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    is a pre-Lenten festival held in Quebec City. After being held intermittently since 1894, the Carnaval de Québec has been celebrated annually since 1955...
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    a former city in central Quebec, Canada alongside the Saint Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into Quebec City at the start of 2002. Most of the formerly...
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    Montreal (redirect from City of Montreal)
    largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary"...
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    a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in...
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    This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the foundation of Quebec and establishment of the Sovereign Council. 1603 -...
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    jurisdiction of the City of Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Sillery was one of multiple self-governing municipalities amalgamated into a vastly expanded Quebec City, that...
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    Revival drill hall for the infantry regiment Les Voltigeurs de Québec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Designed by architect Eugène-Étienne Taché and constructed...
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    The Battle of Sainte-Foy (French: Bataille de Sainte-Foy) sometimes called the Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille du Quebec), was fought on April 28, 1760...
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  • of Quebec has been the highest elected official of the Quebec City government since the incorporation of the city in 1832. The following is a list of...
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