Historical place archive

Montreal in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Montreal in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records4 event labels4 people1760–1977

Historical events in Montreal

1760

1760
Capture of Montreal
William Pitt the Elder · Seven Years War

Britain completes the conquest of Canada by capturing Montreal, which effectively brings the war to an end on mainland North America

1760
Rule of Canada
William Pitt the Elder · Seven Years War

Britain completes the conquest of Canada by capturing Montreal, which effectively brings the war to an end on mainland North America

1903

1903
Radioactive Decay
Ernest Rutherford · Physics

Develops radioactive decay theory using uranium and thorium studies.

1903
Radioactive Decay
Frederick Soddy · Chemistry

Explains radioactive transformation in uranium decay chains.

1977

6 July 1977
Montreal Spitting Incident
Roger Waters · Popular Music

Waters spits at a fan during the tour, helping inspire the concept behind The Wall

Provenance

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