1534 - Jacques Cartier's 1st Voyage - Chief Donnacona
--- April 20 - Jacques Cartier's first voyage to the New World in search of a passage to Cathay (the Orient). He discovered and charted the Gulf of St. Lawrence. He met Iroquoian Chief Donnacona and kidnapped his sons in order to take them back to France as proof of the New World.
--- The name 'Canada' was born. The name ('Kanata') was first used in maps and journals by Jacques Cartier.