Timeline of Quebec History (1867 To 1899) - 1880s

1880s

  • 1881 - The First Acadian Congress is held in Memramcook, New Brunswick.
  • 1881 - Quebec general election: Conservatives win.
  • 1884 - The Acadian national flag is adopted.
  • 1884 - Founding of La Presse (newspaper) in Montreal.
  • 1885 - The Canadian Pacific railroad (from Montreal to Vancouver) is completed: the "last spike" is driven in on November 7.
  • 1885 - Tried and found guilty, rebel Louis Riel is hung on November 16.
  • 1885 - Popular assembly held at Champ de Mars (in Montreal) on November 22 in reaction to Riel's hanging. HonorĂ© Mercier calls for the creation of a new political party, the Parti National.
  • 1886 - Quebec general election: Liberals win, but Conservative minority government remains in office for a few more months.
  • 1886 - The first transcanadian train leaves Montreal for Vancouver in British Columbia.
  • 1887 - HonorĂ© Mercier, leader of the Parti national (Liberals), becomes premier of Quebec. The name "Parti National" is soon abandoned and the party calls itself the Liberal party.

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