1534 - What happened in 1534 ?

May 1534

Thursday 10:

Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.

June 1534

Saturday 09:

Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River.

Sunday 24:

Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.

July 1534

Saturday 07:

European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.

Tuesday 24:

French explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and took possession of the territory in the name of the King Francis I of France.

August 1534

Wednesday 15:

The Society of Jesus is founded by Ignatius of Loyola with Francis Xavier and other students

December 1534

Thursday 06:

Spanish found Quito, Ecuador.