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=== [[Prehistory]] === |
=== [[Prehistory]] === |
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* 13 thousand years ago, groups of hunters would have landed in America through the [[Bering Strait]]. (This is the dominant theory since [[1927]], however, there are other plausible theories being explored today.) |
* 13 thousand years ago, groups of hunters would have landed in America through the [[Bering Strait]]. (This is the dominant theory since [[1927]], however, there are other plausible theories being explored today.) |
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* [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Paleo-Amerindians]], whose presence in Quebec can be traced back 10,000 years, preceded the [[Algonquian]] and [[Iroquoian]] aboriginal peoples, with whom the Europeans first made contact in the 16th century. |
* [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Paleo-Amerindians]], whose presence in Quebec can be traced back 10,000 years, preceded the [[Algonquian]] and [[Iroquoian]] aboriginal peoples, with whom the Europeans first made contact in the 16th century. |
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* Some 8 thousand years ago, the south of Quebec became habitable when the temperature warmed up on this part of the Earth. The first peoples began to immigrate on what is today the territory of Quebec. They are the ancestors of today's [[Algonquian]] and [[Iroquoian]] peoples. |
* Some 8 thousand years ago, the south of Quebec became habitable when the temperature warmed up on this part of the Earth. The first peoples began to immigrate on what is today the territory of Quebec. They are the ancestors of today's [[Algonquian]] and [[Iroquoian]] peoples. |
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| Timeline of Quebec history | ||
| The dawn of time | Beginnings to 1533 | 1534 to 1607 |
This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns events up to 1533.
| Timeline of Quebec history | ||
| The dawn of time | Beginnings to 1533 | 1534 to 1607 |
