(1612) First European set foot in Manitoba, Capt Thomas Button wintered two ships at Port Nelson
(1631) Luke Fox explored west coast of Hudson Bay
(1670) Hudson's Bay Company incorporated, charter granted by Charles II
(1690 - 1691) Henry Kelsey explored Northern Manitoba from Hudson Bay to Saskatchewan River
(1697) Hudson's Bay Company lost all posts, except Port Albany, to French
1700's
(1713) Treaty of Utrecht returned all posts to Hudson's Bay Company
(1731) French-Canadian, La Vérendrye, set out to explore the west
(1736) La Vérendrye's men killed at Massacre Island at Lake of the Woods
(1738) La Vérendrye reached forks of Assiniboine and Red Rivers
(1742) Fort Dauphin founded
(1793) Trading post founded for North West Company on Assiniboine River; Hudson's Bay Company established by Red and Assiniboine Rivers
(1797) David Thompson, English-Canadian fur trader and map-maker, reached Souris River
1800's
(1801) Canadian fur trader, Alexander Henry the Younger, reached forks of Red and Assiniboine Rivers
(1810) North West Company established Fort Gibraltar
(1811) Lord Selkirk established first European agricultural settlement near Winnipeg
(1812) First settlers arrived at the Forks (Red and Assiniboine Rivers)
(1816) Band of Métis, led by Cuthbert Grant, seized a supply of Hudson's Bay Company pemmican (Battle of Seven Oaks) ; Governor Robert Semple, 19 colonists killed
(1821) North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company merged (under name of Hudson's Bay Company)
(1826) Flood severely impacted settlers at Selkirk Settlement (now Winnipeg)
