1675 - Thomas Butler, Andrew Gregory and Nicholas Sprout are listed as planters. Butler is married and has three sons.

1677 - Summer population is recorded at 57. The settlement consists of five dwellings and fishing rooms.

1697 - (January 23) - French under D'Iberville capture Port de Grave. The French report that there are 17 houses and 110 men "well-armed".

1700 - Around this time a few Irish immigrants settle in the area.

1766 - Methodist missionary Laurence Coughlan converts Irish Catholics by preaching in Gaelic.

1769 – Port de Grave is an active fishing harbour, with 15 fishing vessels engaged in the Bank fishery.

1775 – A small Roman Catholic chapel is built.

1780 – Robert Baine and Company is established as a Fisheries supply and trading outlet.

1801 – Robert Baine and Company business move to St John’s.

1817 – Walter and William Johnston are operating at new premises between Port de Grave and Ship Cove.

1818 – A Church of England mission is established, and later moved to Bareneed.

1823 – Newfoundland School Society opens the first school with John Miller Maddox as the teacher. He taught there for 32 years.

1840 (after) – Roman Catholic children are sent to school in Northern Gut (now known as North River).

1845 – The Colonial and Government Church Society establishes a Methodist Church in the area.

1847 – Regular postal service is established.

1869 – There are Roman Catholic and Methodist churches in Port de Grave, with Church of England services being held in Bareneed.

1970’s – Port de Grave becomes one of the first communities to engage in the snow crab fishery.

1984 – 1985 – The landings of the once flourishing crab industry decreases 90% because of over fishing and Ocean Harvesters Limited closes its crab processing plant in Harbour Grace.

1992 – Children attend schools in Port de Grave and a central high school in Bay Roberts. Bay Roberts becomes the main service center for the area.