Welcome to the Redcoat Timeline. This page is a a good place to start if you've never been to this site before or don't know exactly what you're looking for. 

Browse the links organized by year in order to get a clear picture of what's included on this site.

1837
1838
1839
1840
  • Royal Canadian Rifles are raised to man the frontier posts in British North America.
1846
1855
1858
  • 100th Royal Canadian Regiment of Foot [later Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)] raised for British services.
1859
1861
1864
  • The St. Alban's Raid.
1866
  • Fenian Raids begin with Battle of Ridgeway.
  • Battle of Pigeon Hill
1867
  • Confederation. Canada West, Canada East and the Maritimes join to create the Dominion of Canada.
1868
1870
  • Battle of Eccles Hill. Fenian Raids end.
  • Red River Expedition.
1871
  • Treaty of Washington eases relations with United States.
1873
  • Formation of North-West Mounted Police (later Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
1876
  • Following Battle of Little Bighorn, Plains Sioux flee north from the United States to Canada in seek of political asylum. 
1878
  • Russian Scare.
1884
1885
1887
  • Kootenay Indian crisis in British Columbia.
1896
  • Venezuela Crisis
1898
1899
1901
  • Queen Victoria dies. Edward VII ascends to the throne.
1902
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