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Montreal History by key date
This history section contains a list of political, social or geographic events that have changed Montreal's evolution. History of Montreal is rich and full of special cultural happening this is why we choose to include every aspect of historical chronology for the city once known as Ville-Marie ( Mary's City ! )
| 1642 Fondation of Ville-Marie by De Maisonneuve |
| 1657 Sulpicians became lord of Montreal Island |
| 1657 Opening of the first school by Marguerite Bourgeois |
| 1684 The Notre-Dame Congregation convent is destroyed by a fire |
| 1684 Louis-Hector de Callière (1648-1703) is named governor of Montreal |
| 1687 An epidemic of typhus kills approximately 150 people with the autumn 1687 |
| 1692 The Jesuits and Récolets are back in Montreal |
| 1694 Louis Tantouin de LaTouche is named subdelegated of the intendant |
| 1701 Signature of the Great Peace of Montreal. |
| 1711 The court ordered the construction of a stone wall around the city. |
| 1720 1720 Foundation of the St. Lawrence parish |
| 1721 wood constructions are prohibited in city limits |
| 1734 Montreal is devastated by a large fire. |
| 1734 Opening of the Road of the king ( Chemin du roi ) between Montreal and Quebec |
| 1737 Foundation of the religious Congregation Gray Nuns by Marguerite d'Youville |
| 1760 Montreal surrend facing English troops |
| 1765 Montreal is devastated by a large fire. |
| 1767 Founding of the Montreal College de by the sulpicians |
| 1777 Opening of the first Synagogue in Montreal. |
| 1786 Opening of the Molson Brewery. |
| 1805 The first aqueduct in the old city |
| 1817 Foundation of the first bank in Canada: the Bank of Montreal. |
| 1821 The university McGill obtiain its charter of foundation. |
| 1821-07-21 Beginning of Lachine Canal digging |
| 1824 Opening of the Lachine Canal. |
| 1824 Founding of the Medical Association of Montreal |
| 1830 The Montreal arbour is officially incoporated |
| 1832-05-21 Riot following a partial election : 3 death |
| 1834-06-24 Funding of the société Saint-Jean-Baptisete de Montréal |
| 1836 The Catholic diocese in Montreal is form separate from the diocese of Quebec. |
| 1836 Montreal is lighted by the Montreal Gas Light Co. |
| 1843 Foundation of the religious congregation of the Sisters of Providence by Émelie Gamelin |
| 1843 Foundation of the religious congregation Saints-Noms-de-Jésus-et-de-Marie |
| 1846-09-14 Creation of the village of cote Saint-Louis |
| 1847 Foundation of the Saving Bank of the city of the district of Montreal which became the Bank Laurentienne 198 |
| 1847 Arrived of Brother of Saint-Viateur in Montreal . |
| 1848 Creation of the Lachine village. |
| 1848 Foundation of the religious congregation of Sisters of Mercy |
| 1849 Parliament is set on fire in Montreal by the torries |
| 1852-07-08 Fire in Quebec suburb. 20% of the east city is devastated. |
| 1854 Cholera kills more then1000 citizen. |
| 1856 First regular link in train between Montreal and Toronto |
| 1857-07-14 Opening of the Saint-James club still the oldest private club of Montreal |
| 1859 Foundation of the National Bank of Canada |
| 1861 Population of Montreal city is now 90 323 inhabitants |
| 1861 First tram horses in the Old Montreal. |
| 1861-01-05 The village of Saint-Jean-Baptist separates from the village of cote Saint-Louis |
| 1867 Creation of the Saint-Henri parish starting from the territory of Notre-Dame de Gâce parish |
| 1868-04-13 Burial of Thomas Darcy McGee |
| 1870 The village of Lachine becomes the town of Lachine. |
| 1870 Launch of Montrealers Journal: Opinion Publique. |
| 1871 Visit of the duke Alexis of Russia |
| 1871 Population of Montreal city is now 107 225 inhabitants |
| 1875 The village of Outremont separates from the village of Côte-Saint-Louis |
| 1875 Creation of the town Saint-Henri |
| 1875 Municipality of Verdun is created, detached from the parish of Notre-Dame of Montreal. |
| 1875 Montreal and New York are now linked by train |
| 1875 Extension of the Lachine Canal and deepened to 14 feet. |
| 1876-05-24 Inauguration of the Mount Royal Park |
| 1878 Foundation of the Royal Golf Club of Montreal |
| 1878-03-09 the village Saint-Louis of the End Mile separates from the village of côte-Saint-Louis. |
| 1879 Printing of the first edition of the newspaper La Patrie by Honoré Beaugrand |
| 1881 Population of Montreal city is around 140700 inhabitants |
| 1881 Montreal have the autorisation to open a branch of Laval University in Montreal (will be latter University o |
| 1882 Opening of the Montreal-Sorel railway |
| 1883 First Winter Carnival in Montreal |
| 1884 First print of the newspaper La Presse |
| 1886 Major Innondation of the town |
| 1886-06-28 First Trans Canada train departure |
| 1891 Population of Montreal city is around 216 650 inhabitants |
| 1895 The village of Outremont becomes the town of Outremont |
| 1895-11-21 he village Saint-Louis of the End Mile becomes the town of Saint-Louis |
| 1896-10-30 Creation of the Villeray village |
| 1897 Foundation of Builder' S Exchange which became Montreal Association construction |
| 1897 Paul Brushésie became bishop of Montreal. |
| 1899 Construction of a dam in the Old Port: there will be no more flooding. |
| 1900-02-01 Re-election of Raymond Préfontaine to Montreal town hall |
| 1901 Population of Montreal city is around 267 730 inhabitants |
| 1902-02-01 Election of James Cochrane to Montreal town hall |
| 1903 Foundation of the Insurance Company “La sauvegarde” |
| 1903-02-06 General strike by the trams employees of Montreal |
| 1904-02-18 Election of Hormidas Laporte to Montreal town hall |
| 1905 The St-Laurent boulevard becomes the line of demarcation between east and west side of the city |
| 1905-09-11 Annexation Villeray village to Montreal city |
| 1905-11-27 Annexation of Saint-Henri city to Montreal city |
| 1906 First demonstration of a zepplin in Montreal |
| 1906 Opening of the first cinema in Montreal |
| 1907-02-28 The village of Verdun becomes the town of Verdun |
| 1907-06-14 Inauguration of Blue Bonnets Horse Race yard |
| 1908-02-03 Election of Louis Payette to Montreal town hall |
| 1909-11-31 Annexation of Saint-Louis city to Montreal city |
| 1909-12-04 Creation of the Canadian of Montreal Hockey Team |
| 1910-01-10 Foundation of the newspaper “Le Devoir” |
| 1910-02-01 Election of James J. Guerin to Montreal town hall |
| 1910-06-04 Adoption of a bill allowing multiples annexations of suburb town of Montreal |
| 1910-09-06 Great Congress eucharistic in Montreal |
| 1911 Shaw and Décary buy in one day the grounds of the future town of Mount-Royal for CNR |
| 1912-02-01 Election of Louis-Arsène Lavallée to Montreal town hall |
| 1913 Establishment of a permanent troop of Yiddish theatre in Montreal |
| 1914 Foundation of the catholic working Federation of Montreal |
| 1914-04-06 Election of Médéric Martin to Montreal town hall |
| 1916-03-30 First conquest of the Stanley cut by the Montreal Canadian hockey team |
| 1916-08-24 Big Demonstration anticonscriptionnist on the Place d'Arme |
| 1918 Province of Quebec put Montreal under his control |
| 1918-02-09 Annexation of the Maisonneuve city to the city of Montreal |
| 1918-08-10 A first train pass in the tunnel which crosses Mont-Royal mountain |
| 1918-10-21 First train under the mountain: It transports millitaires leaving for Sébastopol to Russia |
| 1923 The congregation Notre-Dame de Montréal was founded in 1923 by Marie-Gérin Lajoie |
| 1924-03-25 Election of Charles Duquette to Montreal town hall |
| 1924-05-14 Fondation of "l'Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences" |
| 1925 construction of the Jacques Cartier bridge |
| 1930 Beginning of commercial flight from Montreal |
| 1934 Opening of the Honoré-Mercier bridge |
| 1951 Birth of the Commission de Transport de Montral ancestor of the actual STM |
| 1954 First election of Jean-Drapeau to Montreal town hall |
| 1955 Dorchester street is is widened in boulevard , many building where destroyed to make place to the new axis |
| 1958 The Côte-Saint-Luc village becomes the town of Côte-Saint-Luc |
| 1959-06-26 Inauguration of the St. Lawrence maritime way |
| 1960 Opening of the Métropolitain boulevard between Côte de liesse and PIE IX |
| 1962 Opening of the Champlain bridge |
| 1963 The town of Rivière-des-Prairies is attached to Montreal |
| 1966-09-14 Inauguration of Montreal subway |
| 1967 International exhibition |
| 1967 Opening of the Décarie motorway |
| 1969 Creation of the CUM, Montreal suprastructure municipal organisation |
| 1969-04-09 UQAM is Created |
| 1970 Montreal received the most important falls of snow ever recorded for a year: 383,3 cm (12,5 feet). |
| 1970-01-01 Birth of the Communauté Urbaine de Montréal, a first regional government |
| 1974 Birth of the Concordia University of Montreal |
| 1976 Montreal host olympic witner games |
| 1984 Visit of Jean-Paul II Pope in montreal |
| 1986 Élection de Jean Doré à la mairie de Montréal après les 26 ans de règne de Jean Drapeau |
| 1986-06-16 Innauguration of Jean-Talon subway station |
| 1994 Pierre Bourque becomes mayor of Montreal |
| 2001 Gérald Tremblay becomes mayor of Montreal |
| 2001-11-31 Urban Community of Montreal (CUM) definitively ceased its activities after 31 years of existence |
| 2002-01-01 The Town of Outremont is now part of Montreal city |
| 2004 Montreal Expo play their last match of baseball |
| 2007-04-26 Prolongement du métro vers Laval, ouverture des trois stations |
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