More Europeans at the end of the 15th century were engaged in fishing than in any other occupation except farming.

The basic characteristics of the migratory fishery did not change very much in the 300 years of its existence.

Information about the Seven Years War, the long-expected war that broke out in May 1756.

This first episode in the long contest between England and France is also known as King William's War, and as the War of the Grand Alliance.

The American Revolutionary War that occurred bewteen 1775 and 1783 had a significant impact on Newfoundland fisheries and society.

Coming so soon after the massive market collapse of the late 1780s, the Anglo-French wars had a devastating effect on the migratory fishery.

France and England - later Great Britain - were at war, on and off, from 1689 to 1815.

There were no garrisoned fortifications on the Island until France established its colony at Plaisance (Placentia) in 1662.