1618 in Quebec

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Years in Quebec: 1615 1616 1617 1618   
Centuries: 16th century · 17th century · 18th century
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Years: 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621

Events from the year 1618 in Quebec.

Events[]

  • In a memoria to king Louis XIII, Samuel de Champlain proposes that the French should start to convert the First Nations in North America. This marks the start of a process that will have wide-reaching consequences in the colony.
  • Jean Nicolet arrives in Quebec. Like Étienne Brûlé before him, Nicolet is sent to live among the natives in order to learn their language and function as a link between them and the French colonists. Nicolet settles among the Algonquins on Allumette island in the Ottawa River.

Births[]

  • Médard des Groseilliers, explorer and coureur des bois (d. 1696).
  • January 4 - Guillaume Couture, diplomat in New France (d. 1701).

Deaths[]

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