Voyager - This Month in History

**July**
Month	Year	Day	Event
July	1534	24	Jacques Cartier, on the Gasped Peninsula, claims the area for France.
July	1608	3	Champlain founds Quebec City.
July	1609	30	Champlain is the first European to use firearms against Indians (Iroquois).
July	1629	20	Champlain surrenders Quebec to Kirk brothers from England. (Port La Tour, N.S., is the only part of New France to avoid capture by English.)
July	1673	12	Frontenac awes restless Iroquois at Kingston, Ontario.
July	1696	4	Frontenac and 2,000 men leave Montreal on raid that will permanently end Iroquois harassment of New France.
July	1755	28	Acadians ordered deported.
July	1758	8	French troops, under the command of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, win victory over the British at Carillon (Ticonderoga).
July	1758	26	Louisbourg surrenders to the English for second time. (Now it will be destroyed)
July	1758	26	The British capture Louisbourg from the French.
July	1793	22	Alexander Mackenzie, first man to cross North America north of Mexico, records his arrival at the Pacific on a rock near Bella Coola, B.C.
July	1808	2	Nor' Western Simon Fraser reaches the mouth of the Fraser River
July	1811	15	Nor' Western David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Columbia River.
July	1836	12	Canada's first railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence, starts service between Laprairie and Saint-Jean, Que.
July	1867	1	Dominion of Canada comes into being: Sir John A. Macdonald sworn in as prime minister.
July	1867	1	Confederation: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario form the Dominion of Canada. John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister.
July	1867	1	Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
July	1870	15	Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: Manitoba, Northwest Territories
July	1870	15	Manitoba joins Confederation. The new province was much smaller than today's Manitoba.
July	1870	15	Métis rights recognized, as Manitoba becomes a province. (But Riel will have to flee Canada because of Scott's execution.)
July	1871	20	British Columbia joins Confederation.
July	1871	20	Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: British Columbia
July	1871	20	Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: Prince Edward Island
July	1873	1	Prince Edward Island joins Confederation.
July	1874	8	The Mounties leave Fort Dufferin on their march west to wipe out the whisky trade.
July	1874	26	Alexander Graham Bell discloses the invention of the telephone to his father at the family home on the outskirts of Brantford, Ontario.
July	1876	1	The Intercolonial Railway, growing out of the Halifax-Truro line, links central Canada and the Maritimes.
July	1898	13	Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: Yukon Territory
July	1900	6	Boer War-Skirmish: Waterval en Vogelfontein, Bethlehem
July	1900	7	Boer War-Battle of Bethlehem; Skirmish, Bapsfontein, South African Republic
July	1900	9	Boer War-Engagement, Olifantsnek, South African Republic
July	1900	11	Boer War-Battle of Silkaatnek; engagement at Dwarsvlei, Witpoort en Onderstepoort, South African Republic
July	1900	12	Boer War-Skirmish: Paardekop en Sandspruit station, South African Republic
July	1900	16	Boer War-Skirmish :Tiervlei, Rietpoort en Olifantsfontein, South African Republic; Witklip (Senekal/Bethelehem)
July	1900	19	Boer War-Skirmish: Karoospruit, Palmietfontein en Tierbank, Petrus Steyn; Paardeplaats, OFS
July	1900	21	Boer War-Skirmish, Spitzkrans, Brandwater Basin OFS
July	1900	21	Boer War-Incident, Heuningspruit station, OFS; engagement, Olifantsnek, South African Republic
July	1900	22	Boer War-Skirmish: Selons River, Rustenburg; Graskop near Sandspruit Station, South African Republic
July	1900	23	Boer War-Skirmish: Retiefsnek, Slabbertsnek, Witnek, (Brandwater basin) Nelspoort and Moolmanshoek, OFS Boschpoort Drift (Wilge River ); Koster River, South African Republic
July	1900	24	Boer War-Skirmish: Vredefort/Stinkhoutboom, OFS; Klerksdorp; Great Olifants River , South African Republic
July	1900	25	Boer War-Skirmish: Bank station (Potchefstroom); Kommandonek, Ficksburg
July	1900	26	Boer War-Skirmish, Naauwpoortnek, Brandwaterkom
July	1900	28	Boer War-Engagement at Slaapkrans, Brandwaterkom
July	1901	4	Boer War-Incident, Naboomspruit, Tvl
July	1901	5	Boer War-Attack Florida; Roodepoort, Tvl
July	1901	17	Boer War-Skirmish, Wildfontein, Ventersdorp, Tvl; Engagement, Zuurvlakte, Cape Colony
July	1901	20	Boer War-Skirmish, Tweefontein, Graaff-Reinet; Val Station/Vlaklaagte; Paardekop, (South African Republic
July	1901	21	Boer War-Attack, Bremersdorp (now known as Manzini), Swaziland; Skirmish, Jakkalsfontein, Cradock, Tweefontein, Graaff-Reinet; Incident, Beaufort West, Cape Colony
July	1901	30	Boer War-Engagement, Krokodil Drift, Middelburg, Tvl
July	1909	1	Joseph-Elzear Bernier affirms Canadian sovereignty in the High Artic by erecting a plaque on Melville Island.
July	1914	29	Britain warns Canada of deteriorating situation in Europe.
July	1916	1	Albert (Capture of Montauban, Mametz, Fricourt, Contalmaison and la Boisselle)
July	1916	14	Bazentin Ridge
July	1916	19	Attack at Fromelles
July	1916	20	Attacks on High Wood
July	1916	29	A devastating forest fire broke out in northwest of North Bay, Ontario, killing between 200 and 250 men, women, and children and destroying six towns, including Matheson and Cochrane. Property damage was estimated at more than $2 million.
July	1918	4	Capture of Hamel
July	1927	1	To celebrate Canada's Diamond jubilee (sixtieth birthday) the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast is made.
July	1936		Seven hundred and eighty Canadians died when temperatures exceeded 42 degrees Celsius from Alberta to Ontario, in Canada's longest and deadliest heat wave.
July	1941		The first national unemployment-insurance program comes into operation.
July	1943		Canadian troops invade Sicily and, with other Allied troops, fight their way north through Italy. They reach Rome on June 4, 1944.
July	1943	10	Canadians participate in the invasion of Sicily
July	1944	23	Canadian forces fight as a separate army.
July	1953	13	The Stratford Festival opens.
July	1953	27	The Korean War ends.
July	1962	1	Socialized medicine is introduced in Saskatchewan, leading to a doctors' strike.
July	1967	1	Centennial celebrations officially begin.
July	1967	24	French president Charles de Gaulle says "Vive le Québec libre" in Montréal.
July	1969	9	English and French are both recognized as offical languages by the federal government.
July	1969	20	U.S spacecraft Apollo II lands on the moon with Canadian-built landing gear.
July	1974	8	Trudeau's Liberals win a majority government.
July	1975	18	The Foreign Investment Review Agency intends to screen foreign investment in Canada.
July	1976	14	The death penalty is abolished.
July	1976	17	The Olympic games are held in Montréal under tight security.
July	1987	20	A tornado rips through Edmonton, killing 26 and injuring hundreds.
July	1990	25	Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells further slows down the signing of the Meech Lake Accord, but a native member of the Manitoba legislative, Elijah Harper, deals it the fatal blow with his absolute refusal to accept Québec as Canada's principal, if not only, "distinct society" (June 22). One of the many responses is the formation of the Bloc Québecois by a handful of disenchanted politicians.
July	1993		Part of northwest B.C. is set aside as a world heritage conservation site. Protesters block loggers' access to ancient forests near Clayoquot Sound.

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