I didn't compile this list, but I don't remember where I got it ... and I still need it, so I'm making it easy to access.
| 1604 |
The first settlers arrive in the Acadian area. They settle at St. Croix Island.
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| 1605 |
Port Royal, which will become the major town of Acadian, is settled.
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| 1632 |
England and France are at peace (Re: Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye).
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| 1636 |
The St. Jehan arrives with settlers, including men AND women.
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| 1655 |
Port Royal is captured by British forces.
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| 1670 |
England and France are at peace, again (Re: Treaty of Breda).
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| 1671 |
The earliest surviving Acadian census is taken. Total count: 340 people.
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| 1672 |
Beaubassin, a town in northern Acadia, is founded.
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| 1682 |
Grand Pre, another major Acadian community, is founded.
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| 1687 |
A church is built at Grand Pre.
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| 1690 |
Port Royal is captured by British forces, again.
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| 1697 |
England and France are at peace, again (Re: Treaty of Ryswick).
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| 1701 |
The Acadian town of Petitcodiac is founded.
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| 1704 |
Another census finds a population of 1450 Acadians.
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| 1708 |
With the onset of Queen Anne's War, hostilities with the English restart.
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| 1710 |
Port Royal is taken by the British (for good) and renamed Annapolis Royal.
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| 1713 |
Acadia is 'permanently' given to the British after the Treaty of Utrecht.
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| 1749 |
2,576 settlers are brought to Acadia by the British.
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| 1755 |
The deportation (exile) of Acadians begins. Over 6,000 deported in first year.
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| 1758 |
The Acadians who fled to Ile St. Jean & Ile Royale are rounded up & sent to France. Two ships sink ... hundreds perish. Those who arrive safely in France initially settle around St. Malo and Morlaix in northwestern France.
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| 1763 |
The war between the French and the British is over. England sends Acadians surviving interment in England to France. Acadians who return to Acadia (now Nova Scotia) find their land settled by others.
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| 1765 |
The first Acadians begin to settle in Louisiana.
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| 1773 |
A census taken in France finds 2370 Acadians living there.
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| 1785 |
Spain provides 7 ships to carry 1600 Acadians from France to Louisiana.
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| 1881 |
The first Acadian national convention.
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