INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT NEWFOUNDLAND
John Cabot became the first European since the Vikings to discover
Newfoundland landing at Cape Bonavista on June 24, 1497.
On August 5, 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert formally claimed
Newfoundland as England's first overseas colony under Royal Prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I.
Newfoundland
becomes a colony of England (1583-1707) then of the United Kingdom (1707-1907).
Newfoundland named a Dominion:
an independent country (from 1907 to 1934).
The dominion was self-governing from 1907 to 1934 when it voluntarily
gave up self-government and reverted to direct control from London — one of the few countries that has ever voluntarily
given up direct self-rule. Between 1934 and 1949.
Newfoundland becomes the tenth province of Canada 1949.
Newfoundland and Labrador (known simply as Newfoundland until 2001).
