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1618 in Quebec
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
ÃÂtienne 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
).
References