Quebec Events

1759 Sep 18 Articles Of Capitulation Of Quebec Are Signed
The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec were agreed upon between Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Roch de Ramezay, King's Lieutenant, Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, and General George Townshend on beh...
1775 Sep 24
to 1775 Sep 25
 Battle of Longue-Pointe
Allen and his men crossed the St. Lawrence on the night of the 24th, landing at Longue-Pointe. The inhabitants he met there were friendly, but he posted guards on the road to Montreal to ...
1775 Nov 13 Montreal Is Captured
General Richard Montgomery led American troops in the capture of Montreal on November 13, 1775. The American presence in Canada proved short-lived. Just weeks later, British victory at Qu...
1864 Jun 29 St-Hilare Train Disaster
Canada's deadliest wreck occurred at St-Hilaire, Québec, at 1:10 AM on 29 June 1864. A Grand Trunk train with 458 passengers, most of them newly arrived German and Polish immigrants, was ...
1907 Aug 29 Quebec Bridge Collapse
When the huge uncompleted span of the St Lawrence cantilever bridge near Quebec fell into the river on August 29th last, one of the greatest engineering undertakings of the century became...
1927 Jan 9 Laurier Palace Theatre Fire
About 800 children were enjoying a Sunday matinée at the Laurier Palace Theater on St Catherine Street in Montreal. Panic struck when at 2 p.m. a man yelled, "FIRE!!" 500 of the movie vie...
1944 Sep 12 Second Quebec Conference Is Held
Churchill, Roosevelt and their advisers met for a second time in Quebec in a conference codenamed Octagon. (The first Quebec conference had been held more than a year earlier, in August 1...