| DATE |
EVENT |
| 1670s |
Chignecto settlement was established by the Acadian People |
| 1686 |
The earliest reference of the Petcoucoyer Riverthe on the de Meulles Map |
| 1689 |
The Acadians travel to the Shepody River |
| 1700 |
Chipodie Acadian settlement established |
| 1733 |
Settlement of Le Coude near the Halls Creek established |
| 1751 |
Fort Beausejour was built in response to the British having built Fort Lawrence. |
| 1755 |
The British, under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton, took fort Beausejour and renamed it Fort Cumberland. |
| 1750s |
Extradition of Acadian people. |
| 1761 |
English Tantramar Township established. |
| 1766 |
Captain John Hall arrived from Pennsylvania to establish Monckton Township |
| 1780s |
Acadians started to return from exile and settle in the Moncton area. |
| 1836 |
Regular stage coach and mail service started to operate thus connecting Halifax – Monckton Township and Saint John. |
| 1853 |
Railway connecting Shediac and St. John via Moncton is built. |
| 1855 |
First incorporation of Monckton as a city. The name was spelled " Moncton " for the first time. |
| 1850s |
Economic recession in Moncton. |
| 1862 |
Moncton withdraws its incorporated status. |
| 1872 |
Headquarters of the Intercolonial Railway was established in Moncton. |
| 1875 |
Second incorporation of Monckton as a city. |
| 1890 |
Moncton was given city status. |
| 1913 |
Moncton Public Library Opened |
| 1922 |
Moncton’s first radio CNRA started to operate. |
| 1926 |
Capitol Theatre opened |
| 1954 |
The first locally broadcasted TV, CKCW-TV went on the air. |
| 1968 |
The Moncton causeway built. |
| 1983 |
Queen Elizabeth, II visited Moncton |
| 1996 |
Moncton's own hockey team, Wild Cats formed. |
|
1999 |
52 heads of state from all over the world came to Moncton for the Francophone Summit |
|
2002, August 6 |
Moncton City Council passed a motion to become Canada's first officially bilingual city. |