1st millennium in Canada

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1st millennium in Canada
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Events from the first millennium AD in Canada.

Events[]

  • c. AD 175: Funeral offerings in graves at the Norton Mounds in Michigan are elaborate. Materials imported from great distances indicate vigorous trade.
  • c. AD 500: The Thule people arrive in Alaska
  • c. AD 550: In the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes areas, Woodland peoples construct their burial mounds in the shape of birds or animals.
  • c. AD 985-1014: Norsemen led by Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, set up outposts in North America like L'Anse aux Meadows with encounters with the Inuit, Beothuks, and Micmacs.

Further reading[]

  • Matthews, Geoffrey J (1987). Historical atlas of Canada, From the beginning to 1800. Vol. 1. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802024955.

See also[]

  • List of North American settlements by year of foundation
  • History of Canada
  • Timeline of Canada history
  • List of years in Canada
  • Norse colonization of North America

References[]

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