Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
1909
Universite de Montreal is French for University of Montreal. It was established as the Universite Laval a Montreal in 1878. Their motto in English is: "It shines by faith and knowledge".
The Bank of Montreal is one of the Big Five Banks in Canada. It was found by John Richardson on June 23rd, 1817. This bank is Canada's oldest bank.
Montreal Protocol has been established. It has placed a ban on CFC's.
Balor Moore was the first player ever drafted by the Montreal Expos, an expansion team, established in 1969. The Expos selected Moore in the first round (22nd overall).
The Montreal Expos moved to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals after the 2004 Major League Baseball season. The team officially began play in Washington in 2005. This relocation marked the end of the Expos' existence in Montreal, where they had been established in 1969.
The first cemetery built in Old Montreal was the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, established in 1658. It served as the primary burial site for the early settlers of Montreal and was associated with the Notre-Dame Basilica. This cemetery reflects the city's historical and cultural roots, housing the remains of many notable figures from Montreal's past.
The environmental group or protocol is Montreal Protocol. It is established in various countries for the protection of ozone.
The Royal Montreal Golf Club was the first official permanent golf club in Canada, established in 1873.
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Montreal was founded by the French. The city was established in 1642 by French settlers led by Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, who sought to create a mission and trading post called Ville-Marie. The Dutch were active in North America around the same period, particularly in places like New Amsterdam (now New York City), but did not found Montreal.
The distance from Montreal Airport to downtown Montreal is approximately 20 kilometers.