c. 1000 CE: Leif (the Lucky) Ericsson reaches Vinland, aka Labrador and L'Anse aux Meadows (northern tip of Newfoundland). Nordic people later establish short-lived settlements in Labrador and Newfoundland.
c. 1007 CE: Gudrid (born in Iceland around 950) gives birth to a son, Snorri, the first European child born in North America.
c. 1014 CE: The first European colony in North America is established, probably in Newfoundland.