Year | Victoria |
1848 | 1st British man-of-warship (Constance)enters Esquimalt Harbour; Meazles and influenza epidemic |
1849 | Vancouver Island became British Crown Colony |
1851 | James Douglas appointed governor |
1852 | Coal discovered in Nanaimo; First common school opened by James Douglas for Hudson Bay Co. |
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Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast.
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It was made the capital of the combined colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in 1866, and by 1871 the city of Victoria's population was 3,630. The ...
On July 21, 1871, British Columbia became the sixth province of the Dominion of Canada and Victoria was proclaimed the Capital City. With Confederation, the ...
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Victoria is named the capital of British Columbia. 1870–1873: In succession, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island become provinces of Canada.
Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Victoria, BC. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
Victoria became a seat of government in 1849 when the colony of Vancouver Island was created. (See alsoPolitics in British Columbia.) Douglas, having succeeded ...
The establishment of the legislative buildings in 1897, the Butchart Gardens in 1904 (link), the Empress Hotel in 1908 (link) and many other prominent city ...
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It was founded in 1843 by the Hudson's Bay Co. as a fur-trading post known as Fort Camosun; it was later renamed Fort Victoria to honour the English queen. It ...
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Constitutional history of Fort Victoria began in 1849 with the development of the Imperial government of the crown colony of Vancouver Island. On March 11, 1850 ...
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