This is a timeline of the history of Quebec City.
16th century
1535 - Jacques Cartier arrived and later winters in the village of Stadacona
17th century
1608 – L'Habitation (Quebec City) was founded by Samuel de Champlain, near the ruins of Stadacona. 1615 – The first missionaries, the Recollets, arrived in the city. 1629-32 – the city briefly passed into possession of the English. 1629 – The Recollets left New France but returned in 1670. 1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632). 1635 – The Jesuits arrived and found the Collège de Québec. 1636 – Charles Huault de Montmagny became the settlement’s governor, who presided over expansion of the settlement and construction of its first church, Notre Dame de la Paix. 1639 – The Ursulines arrived; Ecole des Ursulines, Quebec established. 1639 – The Augustines arrived; Hôtel-Dieu de Québec founded by Augustinians. It was administered by the Augustinian order until 1962. 1647 – The first Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral constructed. 1648 – The first Chateau St. Louis was built under the direction of Charles de Montmagny. 1663 – Quebec became the capital city of New France, the population of Quebec and its surrounding farm lands had reached 1,950 people. 1663 – Petit Séminaire of Quebec founded. 1687-1723 – Notre-Dame-des-Victoires constructed. 1690 – The Battle of Quebec (1690) during King William's War. 1693-95 – Old Parliament Building (Quebec) built.
18th century
1711 – Quebec Expedition. 1726 – Claude-Thomas Dupuy commissioned Claude Barolet as royal notary for Quebec City 1754-63 – French and Indian War was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War, known in Quebec as the War of the Conquest. 1758 – Siege of Louisbourg (1758). 1759 – Battle of Beauport. 1759 – In the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, the city was permanently lost by the French. 1760 – Battle of Sainte-Foy and Siege of Quebec (1760) 1763 – Treaty of Paris. France formally ceded its claims to Canada, and Quebec City's French-speaking, Catholic population was under the rule of Protestant Britain. 1774 – The Quebec Act. 1775 – Battle of Quebec (1775). 1789 – The theater company Les Jeunes Messieurs Canadiens is inaugurated. 1791 – The Constitutional Act of 1791. 1791 – Anglican Diocese of Quebec created.
19th century
1804 – Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral completed. 1807 – The construction of St. Andrew's Church (Quebec City) began. 1805-63 – Quebec Mercury published. 1819 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec established. 1820 – The construction of the Citadelle of Quebec began. 1824 – Literary and Historical Society of Quebec founded. 1840 – La Maison Simons founded. 1845 – Quebec City fires 1848 – Institut canadien de Québec founded. 1848 – The last Canadian Récollet Brother Louis died at Quebec City. 1850s – Quebec Skating Rink opened. 1855 – Brunet (pharmacy) founded. 1857-59 – Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont constructed. 1862 – Morrin College founded; it is located at Morrin Centre. 1864 – Quebec Conference, 1864. 1877-86 – Parliament Building (Quebec) constructed. 1879 – Old Quebec Funicular opened. 1885 – Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church constructed. 1885-88 – Quebec City Armoury built. 1889 – Quebec rockslide. 1893 – Château Frontenac opened. 1896 – Le Soleil founded. 1900 – Desjardins Group founded.