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In 1852, Montreal had 58,000 inhabitants and by 1860, Montreal was the largest city in British North America, and it was the undisputed economic and cultural centre of Canada. From 1861 to the Great Depression of 1930, Montreal developed in what some historians call its Golden Age.
The timeline of Montreal history is a chronology of significant events in the history of Montreal, Canada's second-most populated city, with about 3.5 million residents in 2018, [1] and the fourth-largest French-speaking city in the world. [2]
French authorities surrender the city of Montreal to the British after the Articles of Capitulation was signed in 1760. By 1685, Ville-Marie was home to some 600 colonists, most of them living in modest wooden houses. Ville-Marie became a centre for the fur trade and a base for further exploration. [62]
Montreal is a city with extensive French colonial history tracing all the way back to the sixteenth century. It started as a settlement of missionaries; however, soon, it turned into a fur-trading center.
May 17, 2017 · Montreal's history did not start 375 years ago. What was life like in what is now Montreal before 1642? Two experts — an archeologist and a historian — provide a portrait.
1657 Opening of the first school by Marguerite Bourgeois. 1659 Death of Jerome Le Royer de la Dauversière, chief instigator of the conversion mission in Ville-Marie. 1662 Maisonneuve grants 60 acres to Margaret Bourgeoys. 1663 The company of Saint-Sulpice became owner of the Montreal island.
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Montréal: 375 Years of History and Heritage. On 17 May 1642, a group of French settlers led by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance established the missionary colony of Ville-Marie on the Island of Montréal.
