Historical figures in Montreal

The atlas holds 21 people and 24 moments here, from 1535 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Jacques Cartier, Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

  1. Alexander Graham Bell

    in 1871

    1 moment here

    Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…

  2. Amy Winehouse

    in 2004

    1 moment here

    British singer and songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London and became internationally known for the albums Frank and Back to Black.…

  3. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) pioneered airmail flying in Europe, Africa, and South America, wrote works including…

  4. Ayrton Senna

    in 1988

    1 moment here

    Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna da Silva was a three-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…

  5. Calvin Coolidge

    in 1905

    1 moment here

    John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…

  6. Charles de Gaulle

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

  7. Charles Dickens

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

  8. Elizabeth II

    from 1964 to 1976

    2 moments here

    Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…

  9. Elizabeth Taylor

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…

  10. Ernest Rutherford

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

  11. Haile Selassie

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…

  12. Henry David Thoreau

    in 1850

    1 moment here

    American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…

  13. Jacques Cartier

    from 1535 to 1541

    3 moments here

    French navigator and explorer from Saint-Malo whose three Atlantic voyages of 1534, 1535–1536, and 1541–1542 surveyed the Gulf and River of Saint…

  14. John Lennon

    in 1969

    1 moment here

    English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…

  15. Macfarlane Burnet

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

  16. Marguerite Duras

    in 1981

    1 moment here

    French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu.…

  17. Mark Twain

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…

  18. Prince

    in 2016

    1 moment here

    Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…

  19. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    in 1852

    1 moment here

    American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…

  20. William Howard Taft

    in 1913

    1 moment here

    William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…

  21. Winston Churchill

    in 1900

    1 moment here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

Moments

  1. 1535 Arrival at Hochelaga Jacques Cartier
  2. 1535 Visit to the Lachine Rapids Jacques Cartier
  3. 1541 Return to Hochelaga on third voyage Jacques Cartier
  4. 1842 Performs in Montreal Charles Dickens
  5. 1850 Return journey from Montreal Henry David Thoreau
  6. 1852 Lectures in Montreal Ralph Waldo Emerson
  7. 1871 Visible Speech work in Montreal Alexander Graham Bell
  8. 1881 Attends Montreal copyright banquet Mark Twain
  9. 1898 Macdonald Chair at McGill Ernest Rutherford
  10. 1900 Travels to Montreal on lecture tour Winston Churchill
  11. 1905 Honeymoon in Montreal Calvin Coolidge
  12. 1913 Addresses American Bar Association meeting William Howard Taft
  13. 1942 Speaking tour photograph in Montréal Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  14. 1964 Marriage to Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor
  15. 1964 Faced unrest in Montreal Elizabeth II
  16. 1967 Expo 67 opening Haile Selassie
  17. 1967 Noranda Lecture at Expo 67 Macfarlane Burnet
  18. 1967 Vive le Québec libre speech Charles de Gaulle
  19. 1969 Montreal Bed-in and Give Peace a Chance John Lennon
  20. 1976 Opened the Montreal Olympics Elizabeth II
  21. 1981 Press conferences in Montreal Marguerite Duras
  22. 1988 Canadian Grand Prix victory Ayrton Senna
  23. 2004 Montreal International Jazz Festival performance Amy Winehouse
  24. 2016 Montreal Piano & a Microphone shows Prince

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