St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

capital and largest city of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

17 dated entries naming St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, drawn from 13 separate years between 1527 CE and 1980 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as St John's, Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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16th century

1527August 3 – The first known letter is sent from North America by John Rut, while at St. John's, Newfoundland, during his voyage to the New World.source
1583August 5 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert, on the site of the modern-day city of St. John's, claims the island of Newfoundland on behalf of England, marking the beginning of the British Empire.source

17th century

1696November 30 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville captures and destroys St. John's, Newfoundland after a three-day siege.source

18th century

1709January 1 – Battle of St. John's: The French capture St. John's, the capital of the British colony of Newfoundland.source
17091 January – Battle of St. John's: French capture St. John's, capital of the British colony of Newfoundland.source

19th century

1816January 17 – Fire nearly destroys the city of St. John's, Newfoundland.source
1818Halifax and St. John's are made free ports.source
1831A charter for a railway, from La Prairie, Quebec to St. John's, is granted; it will be the first railway in Canada.source
1846June 9 – Burning of St. John's, Newfoundland.source
1892July 8 – The Great Fire of 1892 devastates the city of St. John's, Newfoundland.source
1892July 8 – The Great Fire of 1892 destroys two-thirds of St. John's, Newfoundlandsource

20th century

1901December 12 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, sent from Poldhu, England, to St. John's, Newfoundland; it is the letter "S" in Morse code.source
1901December 12 — Guglielmo Marconi receives a transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland.source
191914–15 June – A Vickers Vimy piloted by John Alcock DSC with navigator Arthur Whitten Brown makes the first nonstop transatlantic flight, from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland.source
1919June 14–15 – A Vickers Vimy piloted by British aviator John Alcock, with navigator Arthur Whitten Brown, makes the first nonstop transatlantic flight, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland.source
1962July 30 – Trans-Canada Highway officially opens throughout the 4,645 mi between St. John's, Newfoundland, and Victoria, British Columbia, by completion of the Rogers Pass section, making it at this time the world's longest uninterrupted highway.source
1980April 12 – Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope, a plan to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research, setting off from St. John's, Newfoundland and running westward.source