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
| 1535 Jacques Cartier is greeted at Hochelaga by Iroquoians, he names the mountain Mont-Royal |
| 1642 Fondation of Ville-Marie by Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve |
| 1657 Sulpicians became lord of Montreal Island |
| 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 |
| 1667 Reception of the filles du roi formed by Marguerite Bourgeoys. |
| 1676 Establishment of the catholic parish Saints-Anges-Gardiens (Lachine) |
| 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 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. |
| 1703 Establishment of the catholic parish Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue |
| 1705 Montreal is now the official name for the city formerly named Ville-Marie |
| 1711 Court ordered the construction of a stone wall around the city. |
| 1720 Establishment of the St. Lawrence parish |
| 1721 New wood constructions are now 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 |
| 1775 Montreal is occupied by U.S. independence forces. |
| 1777 Opening of the first Synagogue (Shearith Israel) 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 McGill University 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 Incorporation for the city of Montreal |
| 1832-05-21 Riot following a partial election : 3 death |
| 1833 Jacques Viger was elected mayor of Montreal by city councillors |
| 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 |
| 1844 Establishement of the Institut Canadien de Montréal |
| 1846-09-14 Creation of the village of Côte-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 |
| 1850 Begins of St. Lawrence dredging to allow oceanic boat getting to Montreal |
| 1851 Opening of the first Montreal's Y.M.C.A. |
| 1852 of the Grand Trunck Railroad company |
| 1852-07-08 Fire in Quebec suburb. 20% of the east city is devastated. |
| 1853 Riot following the arrival of the anti pope Gavazzi, 15 dead, 40 injured. |
| 1854 Cholera kills more then1000 citizens. |
| 1856 First regular link in train between Montreal and Toronto |
| 1856 Montreal is the host of the YMCA third annual convention of the British provinces and USA |
| 1857-07-14 Opening of the Saint-James club still the oldest private club of Montreal |
| 1859 Foundation of the National Bank of Canada |
| 1860 Establishment of the Art Association of Montreal |
| 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 Côte-Saint-Louis |
| 1861-05-18 Establishement of the Montreal City Passenger Railway with a capitalization of 500 000 $ |
| 1864 Carters' strike, Montreal is paralyzed |
| 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 |
| 1869 Death of Joseph Guibord of the Canadian institute. Church refused its burial. |
| 1869-01-16 Publication of Evening Star, who will become in 1877 The Montreal Daily Star |
| 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 |
| 1871 Foundation of Sun Life by Matthew Hamilton Gault |
| 1874 St. Helene Island became a park in vogue |
| 1874 Establishment of St. Gabriel municipality |
| 1874-06-24 Celebration of St-jean brings french speaking representatives from all across America. |
| 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 |
| 1876-12-28 La-Rivière-Saint-Pierre Village became Verdun |
| 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 |
| 1883 Annexation of the city of Hochelaga |
| 1884 First print of the newspaper La Presse |
| 1884 St. Cunégonde Village become City |
| 1885 A Small Pox Epidemic kills 3 164 Montrealers ( over 150 000 inhabitant) |
| 1886 Major Innondation of the town |
| 1886 Annexion of Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| 1886-06-28 First Trans Canada train departure |
| 1887 Annexion of St. Gabriel |
| 1891 Population of Montreal city is around 216 650 inhabitants |
| 1894 Last horse car pulled in the city |
| 1895 The village of Outremont becomes the town of Outremont |
| 1895 Birth of the « l’École Littéraire de Montréal » (AKA Literary School of Montreal) |
| 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. |
| 1899-03-10 Incorporation of Loyola College |
| 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 |
| 1906-08-11 First pedestrian killed by a car |
| 1907 Economic slowdown - creation of the "Office of the municipal assistance". |
| 1907 Montreal Wanderers won the Stanley Cup. |
| 1907-02-28 The village of Verdun becomes the town of Verdun |
| 1907-06-14 Inauguration of Blue Bonnets Horse Race yard |
| 1908 Finaly Montreal bouth St. Helene Island for 200 000 |
| 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 Canadians 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles village became the City of Pointe-aux-Trembles. |
| 1912-02-01 Election of Louis-Arsène Lavallée to Montreal town hall |
| 1912-03-14 Incorporation of the city of LaSalle from Saints-Anges-de-Lachine parish |
| 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 |
| 1915 Establishement of the City of Montreal-Nord |
| 1916 Annexion of Cartierville and Sault-au-Récollet |
| 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 |
| 1918-10-21 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 |
| 1923 Belmont Park opening in Cartierville |
| 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" |
| 1924-10-30 Bank of Montreal acquires Molson Bank |
| 1925 construction of the Jacques-Cartier bridge |
| 1930 Beginning of commercial flight from Montreal |
| 1931-04-14 Montreal Canadien won the Stanley Cup |
| 1932-01-14 Landowner womens can now vote in Montreal municipal elections. |
| 1934 Opening of the Honoré-Mercier bridge |
| 1935-04-09 Montreal Maroons won the Stanley Cup |
| 1935-09-06 Montreal Royals won the International League championship against Toronto. |
| 1937 Last summer for Dominion Park |
| 1941 First edition of the daily Montreal-Matin |
| 1941-09-01 Opening of the Dorval International Airport |
| 1944-04-19 Crash of a small aircraft in Griffintown: 15 dead |
| 1944-08-14 Camillien Houde greeted after 4 years in jail by thousands of people at Windsor Station |
| 1944-12-11 Camillien Houde elected mayor |
| 1946 Establishment of Les Alouettes, Montreal’s football team in the CFL. |
| 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 |
| 1955-03-17 Riot on St. Catherine following the suspension of Maurice Richard |
| 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 |
| 1961 Creation of Bureau du Metro AKA Subway Autority |
| 1962 Opening of the Champlain bridge |
| 1962 Montreal's first underground tunnel between Place Ville-Marie and the Central Station |
| 1963 The town of Rivière-des-Prairies is attached to Montreal |
| 1964 Annexion of Saraguay |
| 1964-07-15 Establishment of the Journal de Montréal by Pierre Péladeau |
| 1966-09-14 Inauguration of Montreal subway |
| 1967 International exhibition |
| 1967 Opening of the Décarie motorway |
| 1967-03-11 Opening of the Bridge-Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine |
| 1967-04-29 First Saturday of Expo 67: 423,000 visitors on the site |
| 1967-10-28 A fifty millionth visitor enters Expo 67, one day before events ends |
| 1968 Annexation of City of Saint-Michel. |
| 1969 Creation of the CUM, Montreal suprastructure municipal organisation |
| 1969-04-09 UQAM is Created |
| 1969-04-14 1969 : Baseball : First game for the Montreal’s Expos at Jarry Stadium |
| 1969-10-07 Illegal 16 hours Strike of Montreal Police, chaos in the city. |
| 1970-01-01 Birth of the Communauté Urbaine de Montréal, a first regional government |
| 1971 Montreal received the most important falls of snow ever recorded for a year: 383,3 cm (12,5 feet). |
| 1972-09-01 Criminal fire at the Blue Bird, 37 killed |
| 1973 First election of a school commissioner in Montreal |
| 1974 Birth of the Concordia University of Montreal |
| 1975-08-20 CUM approves 1,596 million for the subway extension. |
| 1975-12-31 Montreal Canadiens facing the Russian team of the Red Army |
| 1976-07-17 Montreal host olympic summer games |
| 1977 First Festival canadien des films du monde im Montréal, will become the festival des Films du Monde FFM |
| 1978 First Grand Prix du Canada in Montreal on Notre-Dame Island |
| 1978 End of the Montreal Matin newspaper |
| 1978-01-03 The city host the final championship of the world junior hockey |
| 1978-11-12 Reelection of Jean Drapeau as mayor of Montreal |
| 1979-08-25 First Montreal International Marathon |
| 1979-10-25 Latest issue of the newspaper "The Montreal Star" |
| 1981 The Old Port of Montréal Corporation is established |
| 1982 Annexation of City of Pointe-aux-Trembles |
| 1983 Opening of the Centre d’Histoire de Montréal |
| 1983 Last summer for Belmont Park |
| 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 |
| 1987 Montreal deluge : more than 100 mm of rain in 2 hours |
| 1988 The Jardin des Merveilles zoo closes permanently |
| 1994 Pierre Bourque becomes mayor of Montreal |
| 1996 Establishement of CRE-Montreal |
| 1998 CECM becomes CSDM and SBGM becomes EMSB |
| 1998 Montreal and east of Quebec province is suffering the worst ice storm ever recorded |
| 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 Incorporation of the Société du Havre de Montréal |
| 2002 Establishment of OCPM |
| 2002-01-01 The Town of Outremont is now part of Montreal city |
| 2004 Montreal Expo play their last match of baseball |
| 2005 Reelection of Mayor Gérald Tremblay |
| 2006 Montreal receives the Outgames |
| 2006-09-13 Shooting at Dawson College |
| 2007-04-26 Three new métro station in Laval |
| 2009-05-11 Bixi, the new bike rental service starts his operation |
| 2009-11-01 Reelection of Mayor Gérald Tremblay |
| 2009-11-29 Alouettes win Grey Cup |
| 2011 Record year: 12,681 condos to be completed |
| 2011-05-20 Opening of Highway 25 bridge between Montreal and Laval |
| 2011-10-05 Announcement of the construction of a new Champlain Bridge. |
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