August 8, 1664. The first French occupants of Champlain settled in 1664 or 1665. There had been a first attempt to settle on land granted August 16, 1643, but the distance from other settlements and the Iroquois threat discouraged settlement. In 1664 or 1665, the first settlers established settlements in the land of the seigniory of Champlain. The following year, in 1666, concessions were granted in the seigniory of Hertel, and in 1667 in the seigniory of Marsolet. Some of the first families came from Trois-Rivières, such as the families of Antoine Desrosiers, François Chorel and Pierre Dandonneau. Chronology April 5, 1644: Grants of the Marsolet and Arbre-à-la-Croix seigniories. August 8, 1664: Grant of the seigniory of Champlain. This date is considered the founding of the town of Champlain, the eighth oldest town of New France. 1664: Construction of Fort Champlain. 1830-1850: Emergence of the present village in the centre of the area. 1845: Creation of the parish municipality of Champlain effective July 1, pursuant to a new provincial statute, the first formal municipal government for the area. 1847: Parish municipality of Champlain is merged with other local municipalities to form the County of Champlain, effective September 1, pursuant to a provincial statute re-organising municipal government. 1855: Parish municipality of La Visitation-de-Champlain re-created from the County of Champlain, effective July 1, pursuant to a provincial statute re-organising municipal government. 1860: Twenty buildings in the village. 1879: Construction of the present church 1882: Construction of the present monastery 1886: The streets Sainte-Anne and Saint-Joseph are authenticated by the municipal council. 1917: The village municipality of Champlain is created by a division of the parish municipality of La Visitation-de-Champlain. 1933: 150 buildings in the village. 1979 : Celebration of the tricentennial of Champlain. The 300th anniversary was based on an erroneous understanding of the date of the foundation of the village, assumed from the oldest surviving parish records of baptisms, marriages and burials. It was not known that the parish registers from 1665 to 1679 had been lost. 1982: Champlain municipalities are included in the Francheville Regional County Municipality. 1982: The parish municipality of La Visitation-de-Champlain and the village municipality of Champlain are merged to create the municipality of Champlain. 1984: 10: Pope John Paul II passes though Champlain on September 10, travelling by train from Quebec City to Trois-Rivières. 1986: On April 7, the municipal council passes a resolution formalizing the