1660s in Canada

none September 2021 September 2021 Events from the 1660s in Canada. Events 1649-64: the Beaver Wars: Encouraged by the English, and the need for more beaver for trade (their own area being hunted out), Haudenosee (Iroquois) make war on Hurons (1649), Tobaccos (1649), Neutrals (1650–51), Erie (1653–56), Ottawa (1660), Illinois and Miami (1680–84), and members of the Mahican confederation. English, pleased with this, agree to 2-Row Wampum Peace treaty, 1680.https://escholarship.org/content/qt870174nb/qt870174nb.pdf The Omnipotent Beaver in Van der Donck's A Description of New Netherland: A Natural Symbol of Promise in the New WorldAgriculture U. S. Department of https://books.google.com/books?id=XhCiDwAAQBAJ Riparian Research and Management: Past, Present, Future: Volume 1 2019-04-06 Lulu.com 978-0-359-57377-6 en 1660s-1670s French compete with Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and British fur traders out of New York.CARLOS ANN M. LEWIS FRANK D. 2002 Marketing in the Land of Hudson Bay: Indian Consumers and the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670—1770 https://www.jstor.org/stable/23699689 Enterprise & Society 3 2 285–317 10.1093/es/3.2.285 23699689 1467-2227 subscription The Economic History of the Fur Trade: 1670 to 1870 https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-economic-history-of-the-fur-trade-1670-to-1870/ 2023-02-02 eh.netFur Trade Virtual Museum of New France https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/economic-activities/fur-trade/ 2023-02-02 1660-64: In 1660, Dutch governor-general Peter Stuyvesant decides to hold Indian children hostage for the behavior of increasingly angry tribespeople. Hostages sold into Caribbean plantation slavery.Mark Joshua J. Native American Enslavement in Colonial America https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1742/native-american-enslavement-in-colonial-america/ 2023-02-02 World History Encyclopedia en 1660: English Navigation Act prohibits foreigners from trading with English colonies.The Navigation Acts (article) https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/colonial-america/colonial-north-america/a/the-navigation-acts 2023-02-02 Khan Academy enNavigation Acts (1651, 1660) NCpedia https://www.ncpedia.org/navigation-acts-1651-1660 2023-02-02 www.ncpedia.org May 1660: Adam Dollard des Ormeaux and about sixty others withstand an attack by over 500 Iroquois at Long Sault. It is traditionally said that the small party fights so well that the Iroquois decide not to attack Montreal.Battle of Long Sault: 2-10 May 1660 https://www.lermuseum.org/new-france-1600-1730/1650-1730/battle-of-long-sault-2-10-may-1660 2023-02-02 www.lermuseum.orgRol Charles Dollard des Ormeaux – Unwitting Hero of Long Sault World History 10 December 2018 https://worldhistory.us/canadian-history/dollard-des-ormeaux-unwitting-hero-of-long-sault.php 2023-02-02 en-US 1663: The French Crown takes personal control of Canada from a private company, which becomes a royal province. Louis XIV's brilliant minister J. B. Colbert reorganizes New France directly under royal authority. Administration is divided between a military governor and a more powerful intendant, both ruling from Quebec City but under orders from Paris. The fur trade is granted to a new monopoly, the Company of the West Indies.Making a Home Canadian History Hall Canadian Museum of History https://www.historymuseum.ca/history-hall/making-a-home/ 2023-02-02 en-UShttps://academic.oup.com/book/8182/chapter/153692405 Conflict and Diversity in Colonial Christianity (1650–1720) 2023-02-02 academic.oup.com 1663: New France has a population of about 3,000.https://academic.oup.com/book/753/chapter-abstract/135405461 New France 2023-02-02 Censuses of Canada 1665 to 1871: Early French settlements (1605 to 1691) https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/98-187-x/4064812-eng.htm 2023-02-02 www150.statcan.gc.ca 1663: Laval organizes the Seminaire du Québec, a college of theology which eventually becomes Université Laval (1852).Québec Seminary National Historic Site of Canada https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=694 2023-02-02 www.pc.gc.ca enUniversité Laval rectors since 1852 Université Laval https://www.ulaval.ca/en/about-us/management-and-governance/universite-laval-rectors-since-1852 2023-02-02 www.ulaval.ca 1664: The British invade and conquer the Dutch at New Amsterdam, renaming it New York. England gains control of New Netherland from the Dutch and become allies and trade partners with the Iroquois.New Amsterdam becomes New York https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york History.com 1664: Hans Bernhardt is the first recorded German immigrant.THE IMPOSSIBLE HOME: Immigration History https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/seeds/seeds/series1/episode-0311/history1.html 2023-02-02 www.collectionscanada.gc.caGerman Canadians The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/german-canadians 2023-02-02 www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 1665-72: Jean Talon (c.1625-94), the first intendant of New France, sets out to establish New France as a prosperous, expanding colony rivaling the thriving English colonies to the south. He invites many new settlers, including young women. He also tries to diversify the economy beyond furs and to build trade with Acadia and the West Indies. Talon is recalled before he can carry out his policies, however. 1665: The Carignan-Salières Regiment is sent from France to Quebec to deal with the Iroquois. Many of its members stay on as settlers. 1666: The Carignan-Salières Regiment destroys five Mohawk villages, eventually leading to peace between the Iroquois and the French. 1667: First census of New France records 668 families, totalling 3,215 non-native inhabitants. 1667: France, England, and the Netherlands sign the Breda Treaty in July and with this England gives Acadia to France. 1668-69: Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Medard Chouart, sieur de Groseilliers, explore west of the St. Lawrence River as far as Lake Superior, plus the Hudson Bay region, for England. 1668: The Carignan-Salières regiment is recalled to France, but several hundred choose to remain behind, many in return for local seigneuries. 1669: European colonies first discover Lake Erie June 15th, 1669 - First sighting of Lake Erie https://lakeeriecandle.com/blogs/history/first-sighting-of-lake-erie 2023-01-22 Lake Erie Candle CompanyEarly Exploration of Lake Erie and Lake Huron – Spring 1968 – National Museum of the Great Lakes https://nmgl.org/early-exploration-of-lake-erie-and-lake-huron-spring-1968/ 2023-01-22 en-US 1669: HBC Ft. Charles, at foot of James Bay, becomes Ft. Rupert. See also Canada North America Geography History Former colonies and territories in Canada Timeline of the European colonization of North America History of Canada List of years in Canada References