Timeline of Port-Royal - Annapolis Royal history

This is a timeline of the history of Port Royal, Acadia – later Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

• 1497 – John Cabot, under English flag, explores waters off present-day Nova Scotia^[1]
• 1541 – Jacques Cartier attempts a French colony near Quebec City (Charlesbourg-Royal), which fails^[2]
• 1598 – Marquis de La Roche attempts a French colony on Sable Island, Nova Scotia^[3]
• 1600 – Pierre Chauvin, a French naval and military captain, attempts a colony at Tadoussac^[4]

• 1604 – Pierre Dugua de Mons arrives in Annapolis Basin and grants Seigneury of Port Royal to Jean de Poutrincourt^[5]
• 1605 – L'Habitation (Port Royal) built by de Mons, with Samuel de Champlain and Poutrincourt^[6]
• 1606 – Poutrincourt, with Louis Hebert, plants first wheat fields in North America^[7]
• 1606 – Poutrincourt builds first grist mill in North America^[8]
• 1607 – Settlement temporarily abandoned when de Mons’ monopoly is revoked^[9]
• 1610 – Jean de Poutrincourt returns as governor, expanding settlement^[10]
• 1613 – English attack led by Samuel Argall destroys L'Habitation^[9]
• 1623 – Charles De La Tour moves from Port Royal to Cap de Sable^[11]
• 1629 – Scots under Sir William Alexander establish Charles Fort at Port Royal^[12]
• 1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632) causes ejection of Scots^[12]
• 1634 – Charles de Menou d’Aulnay moves from Cap de Sable to Port Royal^[13]
• 1640 – Charles De La Tour attacks Port Royal during the Acadian Civil War^[14]
• 1643 – Fort rebuilt by d'Aulnay^[15]
• 1643 – Charles De La Tour attempts to capture Port Royal again^[14]
• 1650 – D’Aulnay's death causes succession crisis, Jeanne Motin assumes rights^[16]
• 1653 – Governor Charles De La Tour and Seigeuresse Jeanne Motin wed^[16]
• 1654 – English forces under Major Robert Sedgwick capture Port Royal^[17]
• 1667 – Treaty of Breda restores Acadia to France, but delayed until 1670^[18]
• 1671 – First Port Royal census (392 inhabitants)^[19]
• 1673 – Inhabitants meet to build Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste^[20]
• 1686 – Visit of Intendant Jacques de Meulles and Bishop Saint-Vallier^[21]
• 1689 – Construction begins on new fort, which is not finished^[21]
• 1690 – Sir William Phips of Massachusetts captures Port Royal for the English^[22]
• 1690 – English return and destroy the town^[21]
• 1697 – Treaty of Ryswick restores French sovereignty over Acadia^[21]

• 1702 – Construction of the new Fort Anne fortifications begins^[23]
• 1707 – Port Royal besieged twice, town largely destroyed^[21]
• 1710 – British capture Port Royal; renamed Annapolis Royal, capital of Nova Scotia^[21]
• 1711 – French and native allies attempt to retake Port Royal^[21]
• 1712 – Peace of Utrecht formalizes British dominion of peninsular Nova Scotia^[21]
• 1724 – During Father Rale's War, Mi'kmaq and Maliseets kill a soldier and raid the town^[21]
• 1744 – During King George's War, French and native allies make two attempts to re-capture^[21]
• 1745 – Town and fort besieged again^[23]
• 1746 – Final attempt by French to retake the fort and town^[23]
• 1755 – Acadians at Port Royal deported^[21]
• 1760 – Arrival of New England Planters reshapes agriculture and landholdings^[24]
• 1781 – American privateer raid, last time Annapolis Royal is attacked^[21]
• 1783 – Mass arrival of Loyalists from New York^[25]

• 1812 – Town is used as privateer base during War of 1812^[26]
• 1854 – British Garrison leaves Fort Anne for Halifax^[23]
• 1869 – Arrival of railway to Annapolis Royal^[27]
• 1871 – Commercial tourism begins in Nova Scotia at Annapolis Royal^[28]
• 1880 – Much of commercial district destroyed by fire^[29]
• 1889 – Annapolis Royal lighthouse built^[30]
• 1893 – Incorporation of Town^[31]

• 1917 – Fort Anne designated a National Historic Site^[32]
• 1921 – Commercial district destroyed by fire, again^[29]
• 1941 – Port Royal Habitation opens^[33]
• 1984 – Tidal power station opens^[34]
• 1994 – Creation of National Historic District^[35]

• 2019 – Tidal power station closes^[34]

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