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Saskatchewan Timeline
(1524) Italian navigator, Giovanni de Verrazzanoan, named all lands to west "Nova France"
(1598) Mesgouez de La Roche named Lieutenant General of Canada, Terre-Neuve, Labrador, Norembegue, had control of all fur trade
(1600) Assiniboine left Yanktonai Dakota, settled in Saskatchewan River foothills
(1603 - 1635) Samuel de Champlain explored New France, made 12 visits to find overland passage
(1627) Fur-trading company, Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France, formed; Company of One Hundred Associates formed, had rights to sources west of St. Lawrence River
(1645) Company of One Hundred Associates transferred fur trading rights to inhabitants of New France (Compagnie des Habitants)
(1664) Compagnie des Habitants dissolved, all fur trade done by King of France
(1670) Rupert's Land Act gave Hudson Bay Company trading monopoly over watershed of all rivers, streams flowing into Hudson Bay (included most of Saskatchewan)
(1690) Henry Kelsey (first European to enter Saskatchewan) travelled up Saskatchewan River
(1700) Cree Indians began to arrive in Rupert's Land, located in Badlands area
(1713) Treaty of Utrecht signed - Hudson Bay granted to British, new boundary lines established for most of North America
(1741 - 1743) Francois La Verendrye traveled North Saskatchewan River, erected small fort at Pas
(1763) Royal Proclamation of October 7 proclaimed Indian Nations on lands west of established colonies could not be disturbed by settlement
(1774) First trading post established at Cumberland House
(1783) Treaty of Versailles established new boundary between U.S. and Canada
(1784) Umfreville House established on North Sasketchewan River by Edward Umfreville, Northwest Company traders
(1789) Alexander McKenzie explored north of Lake Athabasca
(1792) Peter Fidler mapped North Saskatchewan River route
(1805) Louisiana Purchase transferred Saskatchewan from France to U.S.
(1812) Cree Sylabbic system invented by Rev. James Evans
(1818) Saskatchewan ceded to United Kingdom
(1821) North West Company, Hudson Bay Company merged; Saskatchewan home to over 50 trading posts
(1840 - 1846) Settlers came to Saskatchewan from Oregon
(1859) Gold discovered in North Saskatchewan River
(1870) Canada acquired Hudson Bay Company
(1882) North West Territories divided into provisional territories
(1885) Northwest Rebellion (Saskatchewan Rebellion) by Metis led by Louis Riel; Cree Indians massacred most of white settlers at Frog Lake; 4,000 militiamen sent to Saskatchewan; militia defeated Metis; Louis Riel hung
(1891) Fire in Moose Jaw destroyed 17 businesses
(1892) Typhoid epidemic hit Regina
(1905) Sasketchewan became province; Walter Scott first premier
(1906) Regina declared capital of Saskatchewan; Treaty 10 signed with First Nations; extreme cold and blizzards killed 70% of range cattle
(1908) Saskatchewan Government Telephones formed
(1911) Bob St. Henry made first airplane flight in Saskatchewan
(1912) Regina Tornado killed 28 people, destroyed 500 buildings, 2500 left homeless
(1914) World War I began, over 42,000 men and women from Saskatchewan served
(1916) Saskatchewan voted in Prohibition; Women won right to vote in municipal and provincial elections
(1918) Spanish Flu killed over 4,000
(1919) Government decided to allow English only in public school system
(1921) 56% of school children infected with tuberculosis
(1922) World’s first complete radio broadcast of professional hockey game
(1924) Prohibition ended
(1926) Ku Klux Klan arrived in Saskatchewan
(1927) Coal strip-mining began
(1931) Coal miners struck in southeast Saskatchewan protesting low wages, poor living conditions; drought hits
(1932) Provincial income tax introduced
(1935) Young men rioted in Regina due to poor economic conditions
(1938) Western equine encephalitis struck over 50,000 horses, killed 15,000
(1944) First socialist government in North America established with Premier Thomas C. Douglas as leader
(1946) First program of universal medicine introduced
(1947) Saskatchewan passed Canada's first human rights legislation
(1950) Interprovincial Pipeline reached Regina
(1952) Outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease caused over 1,000 cattle to be destroyed; American border closed; uranium production began; polio struck hundreds of children, adults; first major oil field discovered
(1954) Trans-Canada plane collided with RCAF trainer over Moose Jaw, 37 killed, three houses destroyed
(1957) Trans-Canada Highway completed
(1960) Treaty Indians given right to vote in federal and provincial elections; steel mill opened in Regina - Canada's first
(1962) Saskatchewan implemented Medical Care Insurance Act; doctors stopped services for 23 days in protest
(1967) Schizophrenic, Victor Hoffman, killed nine people near Shell Lake
(1969) Saskatchewan adopted provincial flag
(1970) Commercial production of lentils began
(1971) Canada Winter Games held in Saskatoon
(1975) Prescription drug plan introduced
(1976) First automated teller machine in Canada at Sherwood Credit Union in Regina; Saskatchewan passed legislation taking over the potash industry
(1979) Saskatchewan welcomed 3,000 "boat people" from Vietnam and Laos
(1982) Chiefs of Saskatchewan formed Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations; Regina hosted World Assembly of First Nations (world's largest gathering of indigenous people)
(1983) Henry Taube became first Saskatchewan-born Nobel Prize winner; JoAnn Thatcher, wife of MLA Colin Thatcher, murdered in Regina home
(1984) Colin Thatcher convicted of murder of wife
(1986) Saskatchewan built glass grain elevator for Expo 86 in Vancouver
(1989) Cellular phone service introduced
(1991) Remains of prehistoric crocodile "Big Bert" discovered at Carrot River
(1994) Turannosaurus Rex dinosaur remains found at Eastend
(1999) David Milgaard awarded $10 million for wrongful conviction of murder
(2004) Same-sex marriage legalized; largest lawsuit in Saskatchewan history awarded $12 million to a quadriplegic Moose Jaw woman; frost killed 50% of feed-grade wheat
(2005) Saskatchewan celebrated 100 years as province
(2007) Saskatchewan Roughriders won 95th Grey Cup
(2009) Canadian National Challenge Cup held in Saskatoon |
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