French explorer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jacques Cartier">Jacques Cartier</a> plants a cross on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspé_Peninsula" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gaspé Peninsula">Gaspé Peninsula</a> and takes possession of the territory in the name of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Francis I of France">Francis I of France</a>.