In 1864, the first session of the Legislative Council of the colony of British Columbia ___ in New Westminster.

In 1886, a 1,000-acre military reserve that would later become Stanley Park ___ from the federal government.

In 1922, fishing licences to "other than white, British subjects and Indians" were cut by up to 40 per cent. The Japanese fishermen ___ their case to court and won, but the government enacted legislation to allow the discrimination to continue.

In 1875, an act ___ in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly and upheld by Queen Victoria denying the vote to Chinese and native people.

In 1871, British Columbia ___ Canadian Confederation.

In 1832, when beaver skins ___ traded at Fort Langley, a trapper could get a gun in exchange for 20 and a blanket for 2.

In 1906, Chief Joe Capilano of the Squamish Nation traveled with Cowichan and Cariboo chiefs to London ___ a petition to King Edward VII concerning aboriginal land rights.

In 1970, Chief Dan George, from North Vancouver's Burrard Reserve, ___ an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in "Little Big Man." He was chief of the Burrard Band for 12 years and an honorary chief of the Squamish Nation.

In 1893, the Hudson's Bay Company ___ a new store at the corner of Georgia and Granville.

In 1856, gold ___ in British Columbia, but by 1857 miners needed to take out mining licenses.