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This section of theTimeline of Quebec history concerns the events relating to the Quebec portion ofNew France between the establishment of theSovereign Council and the fall of Quebec.

• 1663 –New France becomes a royal province underLouis XIV. TheSovereign Council is created to administer the colonies under the absolute authority of the King.
• 1663 –François de Laval founds the Séminaire de Québec, now known as theUniversité Laval.
• 1663 – Arrival ofAugustin de Saffray de Mézy, first governor named by the King, Monseigneur Laval, royal commissionerLouis Gaudais-Dupont and 150 colonists and craftmen on September 15.
• 1663 – Election ofJean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny, the first mayor of Quebec City on October 17.^[1]
• 1665 –Jean-Baptiste Colbert appointsJean Talon as intendant of New France.
• 1665 – The new governorde Mézy dies of sickness inQuebec City.
• 1665 –Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle becomes governor of New France.
• 1665 – Arrival of theCarignan-Salières Regiment of 1,300 soldiers on June 19.
• 1665 – TheCarignan-Salières Regiment destroys fiveMohawk nation villages, weakeningIroquois resolve to keep fighting.
• 1666 –A census conducted byJean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666 showed a population of 3,215 French inhabitants residing in New France.
• 1666 – During the autumn, the soldier of Carignan-Salières, led byAlexandre de Prouville, the "Marquis de Tracy" and the governor, invade theIroquois territory to the south, burn their villages and destroy their crops. SeeFrench and Iroquois Wars.
• 1667 – Signing of a peace treaty with the defeatedIroquois
• 1667 – The firstFilles du roi ("King's Daughters") arrive in New France during the summer.

• 1670 – Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny establishesRepentigny, Quebec^[2]
• 1672 –Louis Buade de Frontenac becomesGovernor of New France on April 7.
• 1674 – Creation of theRoman Catholic diocese of Quebec.François de Laval is made Bishop.
• 1675 – The expressioncoureur des bois is coined to name those who bypass Royal officials and deal directly with theFirst Nations in thefur trade.
• 1675 – Arrival of the new intendantJacques Duchesneau de la Doussinière et d'Ambault.

• 1682 – Arrival of governorAntoine Lefèbvre de La Barre and intendantJacques de Meulles
• 1682 –René Robert Cavalier de La Salle takes possession of the basin of theMississippi River for the king of France.
• 1684 –Pierre-Esprit Radisson, acoureur de bois, is employed byBritain to explore the north for furs.
• 1685 –Jacques-René de Brisay, marquis de Denonville becomes governor ofNew France.
• 1685 –Louis XIV decrees theCode noir (Black Code) that ordered allJews out of theFrench colonial empire, defined the rules forslavery, restricted the activities of freeNegroes, and forbade the exercise of any religion other thanRoman Catholicism.
• 1689 – Frontenac is reappointed governor of New France.
• 1689 – August 5. Fifteen hundredIroquois warriors attack the settlement ofLachine, killing or torturing most of its inhabitants. This incident would become known as theLachine massacre.

• 1690 – SirWilliam Phips appears with several ships nearL'Isle d'Orleans and demands the surrender of theFort of Quebec.Frontenac refuses and Phips withdraws.
• 1690 – July 2 : One-hundred Iroquois are attacked in theBattle of Coulée Grou resulting in Canadian pioneer Jean Grou and others being burned alive.
• 1690 – New France falls after losing 600 men in war.
• 1692 –Marie-Madeleine Jarret de Verchères becomes a hero inNew France for defending a fort against theIroquois while waiting forFrench Army reinforcements.
• 1696 – DuringKing William's War French troops seized theAvalon Peninsula inNewfoundland and burned the city ofSt. John's.
• 1696 –René Lepage de Ste-Claire founded what will become the city ofRimouski later. He installed all his family in theLower St. Lawrence. He obtained this Seigneurie fromAugustin Rouer de la Cardonnière in exchange of a ground which he had on theÎle d'Orléans.
• 1698 –Louis-Hector de Callière is made governor ofNew France after the death ofFrontenac in November.
• 1699 –Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville establishesFrance's first permanent settlement inLouisiana in what is now the southernmost portion of Alabama.

• 1701 – August 4 : Signing of theGreat Peace of Montreal between 39First Nation tribes and theFrench Colonial government.
• 1702 – Beginning ofQueen Anne's War between France andGreat Britain.
• 1703 –Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, governor of Montreal, is made governor ofNew France whende Callière dies inMontreal.
• 1704 –Claude de Ramezay is made governor of Montreal on May 15.
• 1704 – February 29 –Deerfield Massacre : French forces fromQuebec andNative American forces under the command ofJean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the village ofDeerfield, Massachusetts.

• 1712 –New France extends fromNewfoundland toLake Superior and from theHudson Bay to theGulf of Mexico.
• 1712 –Michel Bégon becomesIntendant of New France
• 1713 – French colonists in all of North America numbered about twelve thousand, while British colonists numbered almost one million.
• 1713 – British destroy Fort St. Louis when left vacant.
• 1717 – French bankerJohn Law'sMississippi Company sets up business inLouisiana and theMississippi River basin.
• 1719 –Jacques David appointed royal notary of Montreal.

• 1720 –Quebec City is fortified by the King of France.
• 1726 – Charles de Beauharnois de La Boische d'Orléans is named Governor of New France.

• 1731 – Beginning of the construction of theChemin du roy betweenQuebec City andMontreal.
• 1734 –Marie-Joseph Angélique, a black slave, is hanged for allegedly burning the house of her owner.

• 1743 –Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye and his brother,François de La Vérendrye, travelling fromFort La Reine, reach theRocky Mountains.
• 1745 – The fortress ofLouisbourg falls to the English.
• 1748 – Signature of theTreaty of Aix-la-Chapelle on October 17.
• 1748 –Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière becomes interim governor ofNew France.
• 1749 –Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel, marquis de Jonquière becomes governor of New France.

• 1752 –Ange Duquesne, marquis de Menneville becomes governor ofNew France.
• 1754 – A census shows the population of New France to be 55,009 while in Britain'sThirteen Colonies it has reached 1,170,800.
• 1754 – Beginning of theFrench and Indian War between Great Britain and France for control of the North American colonies. It is part of theSeven Years' War.
• 1755 –Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal becomes governor of New France.
• 1755 – Beginning of theAcadian Expulsion on July 28.
• 1756 – New commander of the French troopsLouis-Joseph de Montcalm arrives inQuebec City and is made subordinate of governor Vaudreuil.
• 1756 – August 29, beginning of theSeven Years' War in Europe.
• 1757 – The French army takesFort William Henry on August 9.
• 1758 – Battle ofFort Carillon in the night of July 7 to 8.General Montcalm's soldiers resist the attack of GeneralJames Abercrombie. See theBattle of Ticonderoga.
• 1759 – Beginning of theQuebec City siege on July 12.
• 1759 – On September 13, the British troops ofJames Wolfe defeat the French troops ofMontcalm in theBattle of the Plains of Abraham nearQuebec City.
• 1759 – On September 18,Quebec City surrenders. The government ofNew France moves toMontreal. SeeArticles of Capitulation of Quebec.

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