1 June 1866
The Fenians invade Canada.
Credit: Library of Congress/2006677453
2 June 1916
Canadian positions are hit by German shellfire at the northern edge of Sanctuary Wood, near Ypres, Belgium.
3 June 1885
In the Battle of Loon Lake (in present-day Saskatchewan), North-West Mounted Police led by Major Sam Steele attack Cree warriors. Part of the North-West Resistance, it is the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil.
4 June 1742
The naval ship Le Canada, built completely in New France, is launched.
6 June 1944
About 450 Canadians are among the Allied paratroopers who land behind German coastal defences on D-Day.
Credit: U.S. National Archives/AFP
12 June 1940
The 1st Brigade of the Canadian 1st Division lands in France; they are forced to leave days later when France surrenders to the Nazis.
13 June 1916
Troops under command of Major-General Arthur Currie counterattack at Mount Sorrel in Belgium, restoring front lines at the cost of 8,000 Canadians killed, wounded or captured.
14 June 1617
The first French family to cultivate land in Canada settles near today’s Quebec City.
16 June 1993
Canada withdraws its peacekeepers from Cyprus, ending a 29-year mission during which more than 25,000 Canadians served and 28 lost their lives.
17 June 1932
Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal.
20 June 1942
HMCS Edmundston rescues 31 crew from SS Fort Camosun after an attack by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Washington.
Credit: LAC
21 June 1951
The Royal Canadian Regiment, Lord Strathcona’s Horse and Royal Canadian Horse Artillery patrol in Korea.
23 June 1812
Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
Credit: USS Constitution Museum
25 June 1950
North Korea invades South Korea.
26 June 1945
Canada is one of 50 countries to sign the United Nations Charter. On Oct. 24, the UN replaces the League of Nations, which was created by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
27 June 1946
The Canadian Citizenship Act receives royal assent. Effective Jan. 1, 1947, it confers citizenship on all Canadians, regardless of their place of birth.
Credit: Wikimedia
29 June 1996
From the Space Shuttle Columbia, Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk talks with students at Maple Grove Education Centre in Nova Scotia.
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