the year 1608 in France Monarch – Henry IV Until March – "Great Winter": very severe weather. The Rhône is frozen. 1 January – Inauguration in Paris of...

1608 (MDCVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1608th year...

settlement expedition. 1608 - Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec City on July 3. 1609 - Champlain and the native allies of the French defeat the Iroquois...

1608 in Quebec. The first group of French settlers arrive in what is today Tadoussac, marking the beginning of a continuous Francophone presence in North...

Orléans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 April 1608 – 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As...

Pierre Perrault (c. 1608, in Paris – 1680, in Paris) was a Receiver General of Finances for Paris and later a scientist who developed the concept of the...

also flew above Samuel de Champlain's habitation in 1608. ... the completely white flag of the French Royal Navy was flown from ships, forts and sometimes...

in 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec, which was to become the capital of the enormous, but sparsely settled, fur-trading colony of New France (also...

1424–after 1480) Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608–1657), French noblewoman Nicole LaRoche, flutist in the band Brulé, releases solo albums as "Nicole"...

successful French settlements in the New World with the voyages of Samuel de Champlain in 1608. The largest settlement was New France. In 1699, French territorial...

foot, in 1608 through France, Italy, Germany, and other European countries. Coryat conceived of the 1,975-mile (3,175 km) voyage to Venice and back in order...

of 1608 was a second, unsuccessful, attack by the Dutch East India Company on the Portuguese fortress of Mozambique, on the island of Mozambique, in 1608...

Island – French 1605 – Port Royal (Annapolis Royal) – French 1607 – Jamestown – English 1607 – Popham Colony – English 1608 – Quebec – French 1610 – Cuper's...

Ottoman Tunisia in 1608 led by François Savary de Brèves. Under Henry IV, various enterprises were set up to develop long-distance trade. In December 1600...

The year 1608 in music involved some significant events and new musical works. February 9 – The masque The Hue and Cry After Cupid, written by Ben Jonson...

(Canada) 1608 to 1662 - (Quebec region) 1663 to 1759 - (Quebec region) France portal North America portal History portal Acadia (New France) - northern...

also flew above Samuel de Champlain's habitation in 1608. ..... the completely white flag of the French Royal Navy was flown from ships, forts and sometimes...

Duke of Orléans (1608–1660), French nobleman Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator...

City in 1608, it became the capital of New France. Encouraging settlement was difficult, and while some immigration did occur, by 1763 New France only...

is a French surname. Abraham Ragueneau (1623–1681), French painter Gaston Ragueneau (1881–1978), French athlete Paul Ragueneau (1608–1680), French Jesuit...

first French settlement in the New World, which would be given up the following winter. The expedition then founded the colony of Port-Royal. In 1608, Champlain...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1608. January 10 – Ben Jonson's The Masque of Beauty is performed by Queen Anne...

/ˈbɔːrbɒn/; French: [buʁbɔ̃]) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon...

Henry II (French: Henri II; 8 November 1563 – 31 July 1624), known as "the Good (le Bon)", was Duke of Lorraine from 1608 until his death. Leaving no...

of Joyeuse (1567–1608), Marshal of France in 1595 Urbain de Montmorency-Laval, Marquis of Sablé [fr] (1557–1629), Marshal of France in 1595 Alphonse d'Ornano...

as an official French colonial settlement. The first official settlement of Canada was Québec, founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608. The other four...

gap. Early variations in the spelling included Québecq and Kébec. French explorer Samuel de Champlain chose the name Québec in 1608 for the colonial outpost...

Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonquin name. Quebec City is one of the oldest European settlements in North America....

(1578–1597), one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. Rene Goupil (1608–1642), French missionary and one of the first North American martyrs. Melchior Grodziecki...

are used as strong profanities in Quebec French (the main variety of Canadian French) and in Acadian French (spoken in Maritime Provinces, east of Quebec...