List of Anglo-French conflicts on Hudson Bay

Context

List of conflicts

• 1658-68: Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers learn that the best furs come from north of Lake Superior. When their plans are rejected at Quebec they turn to the English.
• 1668-69: Proto-HBC trades for one winter at Rupert House. See Médard des Groseilliers.
• 1670: Hudson's Bay Company founded.
• 1670-79: English trading posts built on James Bay. These were: Rupert House, Moose Factory and Fort Albany. See Canadian canoe routes #Hudson Bay.
• 1672: Father Charles Albanel travels from Quebec to Rupert House, but finds it deserted.
• 1674: Albanel again reaches Rupert House. He and Groseillers are sent to England. Father Albanel and French money induce Groseillers to return to the French service.
• 1679: Radisson in Paris. He and Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye soon form the Compaignie du Nord.
• 1682: One French and two English groups reach the mouth of the Hayes River. The French capture the English. See Médard des Groseilliers
• 1686: A large French force from Montreal captures the three HBC posts on James Bay. The HBC now has only York Factory. See Hudson Bay expedition.
• 1688: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in the Soleil d'Afrique returns to James Bay to pick up the remaining furs. He defeats two English ships and returns to France.
• 1688: England's Glorious Revolution leads to renewed war with France.
• *1690: D'Iberville tries to capture York Factory but finds it guarded by a warship. He goes south and captures Fort Severn.
• *1693: James Knight captures Fort Albany and 30,000 pelts.
• *1694: D'Iberville captures York Factory.
• *1695: Three Royal Navy frigates recapture York Factory. The French now hold no forts on the bay.
• *1697: Following the naval Battle of Hudson's Bay d'Iberville retakes York Factory. France retains it until 1713.
• After the war ends in 1698 there seems to have been little action.
• 1709: During Queen Anne's War 100 French soldiers try to capture Fort Albany but are driven off. This seems to be the only case of a fort being successfully defended.
• 1713: Treaty of Utrecht: British sovereignty over Hudson Bay recognized by France.
• After 1713 military competition was replaced by economic as the French, and later other British traders, tried to divert trade from the HBC to Montreal. This lasted until 1821 when the HBC absorbed the Montreal traders. In the interior there were scattered fights involving the traders and their Indian allies, but these have left few records.
• 1763: Treaty of Paris: France cedes all of Canada to Britain.
• 1782: La Perouse successfully raids Prince of Wales Fort and York Factory.