1400's-1600's
1497- John Cabot explored present day Cape Breton Island
1604 - French established first capital for Acadia colony(port Royal)
1621- English named Acadia "Nova Scotia"
1700's
1713 - Nova Scotia became a British colony
1754 - French and Indian war at port Royal
1758 - Nova Scotia legislature is established
1775 - A hurricane struck from South Carolina to Nova Scotia and killed 4170
1800's
1849 - Nova Scotia first colony in British North America, British Empire to become self-governing
1895 - 1898: Joshua Slcoum of Nova Scotia first man sail solo around the world.
1900's
1907 - First recorded flight in Canada occurred ad Baddeck, Nova Scotia
1917 - Worlds largest man-made accidental explosion on SS Mont-Blanc cargo ship, loaded with wartime explosives, killed 1,900 people and injured 9,000
1918 - Nova Scotia women won right to vote, hold provincial office
1956- Conservatives returned to power for the first time since Confederation
1992- Fishing Indus suffered sharp decline 20,000 jobs lost
Source: "Nova Scotia"
1497- John Cabot explored present day Cape Breton Island
1604 - French established first capital for Acadia colony(port Royal)
1621- English named Acadia "Nova Scotia"
1700's
1713 - Nova Scotia became a British colony
1754 - French and Indian war at port Royal
1758 - Nova Scotia legislature is established
1775 - A hurricane struck from South Carolina to Nova Scotia and killed 4170
1800's
1849 - Nova Scotia first colony in British North America, British Empire to become self-governing
1895 - 1898: Joshua Slcoum of Nova Scotia first man sail solo around the world.
1900's
1907 - First recorded flight in Canada occurred ad Baddeck, Nova Scotia
1917 - Worlds largest man-made accidental explosion on SS Mont-Blanc cargo ship, loaded with wartime explosives, killed 1,900 people and injured 9,000
1918 - Nova Scotia women won right to vote, hold provincial office
1956- Conservatives returned to power for the first time since Confederation
1992- Fishing Indus suffered sharp decline 20,000 jobs lost
Source: "Nova Scotia"