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GBScRn1514Sep15Thomas Wolsey appointed archbishop of York
NAMvEx1524Apr17Giovanni da Verrazzano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay
??????1568Oct05Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart
NAScGv1642Mar01Georgeana (York) Maine became the first incorporated American city
NAScLc1652Jun27New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes first speed limit law in US
NAScGv1653Feb02New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City
NAMvSt1657Jun01First Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (New York)
GB????1660Jan01Thomas Fairfax’s New Model Army occupies York
NAScGw Nov15First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New York City (New Amsterdam)
NA????1664Jun06New Amsterdam renamed New York City
NA???? Jul23Four British ships to drive Dutch out of New York, arrive in Boston
NA???? Sep08Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (New York) to 300 English soldiers
NAScGv  24Dutch Fort Orange (Albany, New York) surrenders to English
NA????1665Feb02The British capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York
NAScLc Mar11New York approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights
?????? Jun03Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft
NAScGv  12Thomas Willett appointed first mayor of newly-renamed New York Town (formerly New Amsterdam)
NAScGw1672Dec10New York Governor Francis Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston
NAScGw1673Jan01Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston
NAScGw  22Postal service between New York and Boston inaugurated
?????? Aug08Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of New York City
NE????  09Dutch Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Younger recaptures New York (regained by English in 1674)
NA????1674Feb09English reconquer New York from Netherlands
GBCfAd  19Netherlands and England sign Peace of Westminster (New York City becomes English)
NAScCm1675Jan08First American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co)
NAScGv1682Oct26William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York
NAScSt1686Jul22City of Albany, New York chartered
??????1688Dec22Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York [Thomas Osborne, occupied York in Nov-12/26]
NAScMd1691May16William Kidd marries Sarah Bradley Cox Oort, one of the wealthiest women in New York
NAScGw1693Jul08New York City authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies
NAScRn1695Sep12New York Jews petition governor Thomas Dongan for religious liberties
NAScEd1704Feb28Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City
NAScEd May20Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York
NAScLc1715May19The colony of New York passes a law making it illegal to "gather, rake, take up, or bring to the market, any oysters whatsoever" between the months of May and September.
NAScLc1727Nov15New York General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath
NAScRn1728Dec17Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York’s first synagogue
NAScRn1730Apr08First Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, New York City"
NAMeTh1732Dec06First play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City
NAScLc1734Nov17John Zenger arrested for libel against New York colony governor -- later acquitted
NAScLc1735Aug04Jury acquits John Peter Zenger(New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press)
NAMePr1743Jul18First half-page newspaper ad is published in New York Weekly Journal
NACfSy1745Nov28French troops and indians attack settlement of Saratoga, New York
NAMeTh1750Mar05First American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York City
NAMeTh1751Feb25First performing monkey exhibited in America, New York City (admission 1 cent)
NAScBd1752Jan31Gouverneur Morris is born in New York
NAScEd1754Jan04Kings College (later to become Columbia University) founded in New York City
NAScEd Jul07Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College)
NA????1755Sep18Fort Carillon (aka Ft. Ticonderoga), New York opens
NASc??1756Mar17St. Patrick’s Day first celebrated in New York City at Crown and Thistle Tavern
NACfSy Aug14French capture Fort Oswego, New York
NACfSy1757Aug09English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops
NACfSy1758Jul08Battle of Carillon: English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York
NAScLc1760Jun10New York passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine
NAMePr Dec25Jupiter Hammon, New York slave, becomes first African-American writer to be published in US with An Evening Thought
NAScEd1762Jan15Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City
NASc?? Mar17First St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City
NAScGv1765Oct19Stamp Act Congress meets in New York, writes declaration of rights and liberties
NAScGv1768Apr05First U.S. Chamber of Commerce forms (New York City)
NAScRn Oct30First Methodist church in U.S. initiated (Wesley Chapel, New York City)
NAScBd1774Aug28St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, is born in New York City
NACfAr1775May10American forces (Green Mountain Boys) led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
NACfAr Jun06New York Patriot Marinus Willet seizes British weapons
NACfAr1776Mar06New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled to help prevent the British from reaching New York City
NACfAr  29Israel Putnam named commander of New York troops
NACfAr Apr04George Washington begins march to New York
NAMeSp Jul09Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington’s troops, New York
NACfAr  28Paul Dudley Sargent and Israel Hutchinson arrive at Horn’s Hook, New York
NACfAr Aug12Charles Lee writes to Major General George Washington about fears that the British navy might blockade New York
NACfAr  30U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City
NACfAr Sep07First (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell’s "Turtle," operated by Ezra Lee, attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York)
NAScCm Oct18According to legend, in a New York bar decorated with bird tail, a customer orders "cock tail"
NAScGv1777Apr14New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
NAScGv  20New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
NACfAr  26Sybil Ludington, 16, rides from New York to Connecticut, rallying her father’s militia
NAScGv Jul09New York elects George Clinton as its first governor
NACfAr Sep30Congress flees to York, PA as British forces advance
NACfAr1778Sep17Indians and Loyalists burn German Flats, New York
NACfAr Nov11Poor leadership leads to Iroquois Indians in New York, killing 40 in the Cherry Valley Massacre
NACfAr1779Jul16Battle of Stony Point: American troops under General Anthony Wayne conquer the British in New York; Wayne earns nickname, "Mad"
NACfAr  22Battle of Minisink Ford, New York
NACfAr Aug29Battle of Chemung or Newtown, New York
NACfAr1783Nov25Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US
NACfAr Dec04General George Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce’s Tavern, New York City
NAScCm1784Feb22First U.S. ship to trade with China, Empress of China, sails from New York
NAScGv1785Jan11Continental Congress convenes in New York City
NAScCm1786Jun08Commercially made ice cream first advertised, Mr Hall, New York City
NA???? Oct15Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City
GBScRn1787Feb04First Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania consecrated in London
NAMeTh Apr16First American-written comedy, The Contrast makes its debut in New York City
NAScLc Oct27The "Federalist Papers" begins publication,the first in a series of 85 essays (published serially, until May 28, 1788) by "Publius," the pen name of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, appears in the New York Independent Journal , calls for ratification of Constitution
NAScEd Nov02First free school in New York City (African Free School) opens
NAScGv1788Jul26New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
NAScGv Sep13New York City becomes first capital of US
NAScGv1789Apr01House of Representatives first full meeting, elects Frederick Muhlenberg from New York City as first speaker
NAScGv  06First U.S. Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City
NAScGv  23President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York
NAScGv  30George Washington sworn in as first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City
NAScGv May07First inaugurational ball (for George Washington in New York City)
NAScGv  12Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses
NAScCm Sep13First loan to U.S. Government (from New York City banks)
NAScLc1790Feb01The US Supreme Court meets for the first time in New York City
NAScGv Mar21Thomas Jefferson reports to President George Washington in New York as Secretary of State
NAScGv Oct07New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 ($770,000 in 2014 dollars)
NAScGw1791Dec17New York City traffic regulation creates first 1-way street
NAScCm1792May1724 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 68 Wall Street
NASeIv1793Feb01Patent granted to Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk and linen
NAMePr Dec09Noah Webster establishes New York’s first daily newspaper, American Minerva
NACfAr1794Apr21New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British
NAScGv1797Jan01Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY
NAScBd1798Jan06Mountain man Jedediah Smith is born in New York
NAScGv1799Mar29New York State abolishes slavery
?????? Jul24William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) is willed the slave York
NAScCm Sep01Bank of Manhattan Company opens in New York City (forerunner to Chase Manhattan)
NECfFv Oct02The Duke of York and Russians capture Alkmaar in the Netherlands
NAScRn1800Sep07Zion AME Church dedicated (New York City)
NAMePr1801Nov16First edition of New-York Evening Post, the nation’s oldest continuously published daily newspaper.
NAScLc1802Mar16Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York)
NA???? Jul04U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York
NAScBd1809Jun08Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, dies in New York City
NAScGw  10First U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia
NAScGw1811Oct11The Juliana, first steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation between New York City, and Hoboken, NJ
NASeNd1812Aug01Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York
NAScBd1813Feb26New York Patriot Robert R. Livingston (“The Chancellor”) dies
??Cf12 Apr27Battle of York: Americans capture York (now Toronto)
NACf12 Jul31British invade Plattsburgh, New York
NAMePr Sep07"Uncle Sam" is first used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York)
NACf12 Dec30British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812
NA????1814Jan22First Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City
NACf12 May06British attack Ft. Ontario, Oswego, New York
NACf12 Sep11Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh (aka Battle of Lake Champlain), New York
NAScRn1816May11American Bible Society forms in New York City
NAMeTh1817Nov25First sword swallower in U.S. performs (New York City)
NAMePr1818Feb07First successful U.S. educational magazine Academician launches in New York City
NASeIv1819May21First bicycles (swift walkers) in U.S. introduced in New York City
NAScCm Jul03First savings bank in U.S. (Bank of Savings in New York City) opens its doors
NAMvRl1820Feb06First organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (New York to Sierra Leone)
NASeMn Aug14First U.S. eye hospital, the New York Eye Infirmary, opens in New York City
NAScGw1821Feb12Mercantile Library of City of New York opens
NAScRn Mar14African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in New York City
NAScRn Jun21African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (New York City)
NASeBy1822Mar22New York Horticultural Society founded
NASeIv Jun09Charles M. Graham of New York receives the first patent for false teeth
NAScBd1823Mar20Ned Buntline, the "dime millionaire" and discoverer of Buffalo Bill, is born in Stamford, New York
NAScCm1824Nov16New York City’s Fifth Avenue opens for business
NASeIv1825Feb05Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates first detachable shirt collar
NAMeMu Mar02First grand opera in U.S. sung in English, New York City
NASeNd Jun04Unseasonable hurricane hits New York City
NAScEd Nov26First college fraternity, Kappa Alpha, founded at Union College, in Schenectady, New York
NAMeMu  29First opera performed in the US in Italian, The Barber of Seville, premieres in New York City at the Park Theatre
NAMvEx1826Sep03USS Vincennes leaves New York to become first warship to circumnavigate globe
NA????1827Feb07Ballet (Deserter) introduced to U.S. at Bowery Theater (New York City)
NAMePr Mar16First U.S. black newspaper, Freedom’s Journal (New York City), begins publishing
GBScCl1829Feb02Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does 60,000 pounds damage
NAScCm1830Mar16New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)
NAScRn Apr06Joseph Smith and 5 others organize Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York
NASeAn Sep09Charles Durant, first U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, NJ
NAScLc1831Mar19First U.S. bank robbery (City Bank, New York/$245,000)
NAScTn Aug09First U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York)
NAMeTh Sep26Robert Montgomery Bird’s Gladiator premieres in New York City
NAScGw1832Nov26First horse-drawn streetcar in America starts operating in New York City (on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets) for a fare of 12 cents.
NA????1833Mar17Phoenix Society forms (New York)
NAMePr Sep03The New York Sun begins publishing (first daily newspaper)
NAScCm  04First newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old) by the New York Sun
NA???? Oct02American Anti-Slavery Society organized in New York City
NAMePr1834Feb18First U.S. labor newspaper, The Man, published, New York City
NAScLc  26First U.S. interstate crime compact (New York - New Jersey) ratified
NAScBd Mar24The great western explorer and conservationist John Wesley Powell is born in New York
NAScGv Jun02Fourth Annual Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Color begins in New York City
NAScEd Nov25Delmonico’s, one of New York’s finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents
NASeMn Dec03First U.S. dental society, the American Society of Dental Surgeons, organized  in New York
NAScBd1835Feb15Future Union General Alexander Stewart Webb born in New York City
NAMePr May06First edition of the New York Herald (price 1 cent)
NAMePr Aug25The New York Sun publishes Moon hoax story (life found by astronomer John Herschel)
NASeIv Nov23Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy New York)
NAScCl Dec16Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City
NAScGv1836Feb03Whig Party holds its first national convention (Albany New York)
NAScCm May31Astor Hotel opens in New York City, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria
NA???? Oct1218" of snow falls in Bridgewater, New York
NACfSk1837Feb13Riot in New York over high price of flour
NAMvEx Aug05First ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344’) highest in Adirondack, New York
GB????1838Apr08Steamship Great Western’s maiden voyage (Bristol, England,to New York City)
NAScGw  22English steamship Sirius docks in New York City after Atlantic crossing, begining transatlantic steam passenger service
NAScGw  23First purpose-built trans-Atlantic steamship Great Western docks in New York City
NAScCl1839Sep06Great fire in New York
NASeAy Dec18First celestial photograph (of Moon) made in U.S. by John William Draper in New York City
NAScGs1840Jan01First recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City
NASeMn Aug18Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded in New York
NAScGw1841Mar27First U.S. steam fire engine tested, New York City
NAMePr Apr10The New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
NAScCl Aug09Steamboat Erie catches fire in Buffalo, New York; 242 die
NASeIv Nov16Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin in New York City.
NAMePr1842Jan01First illustrated weekly magazine in U.S. publishes first issue, New York City
NAMePr Feb14Charles Dickens organizes the Boz Ball in New York City
NAScGw  15First adhesive postage stamps in U.S. (private delivery company), New York City
NAMeMu Dec07New York Philharmonic’s first concert
NAScBd1843Apr04Yellowstone photographer William Henry Jackson is born in New York
NA???? Jun01Snow falls in Buffalo, Rochester (New York), and Cleveland (Ohio)
NA????   Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist
NAScGv Aug15National Convention Of Colored Citizens meets in Buffalo New York
NAScRn Oct13B’nai B’rith founded in New York City
NAMeTh Dec25First theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, New York City)
NAScMd1844Jun26U.S. President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City
NAScGs Jul30First U.S. yacht club organized, New York Yacht Club
NAMePr1845Jan29Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven first published under a pseudonym in the New York Evening Mirror
NASeIv Mar26Joseph Francis, New York City, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
NAScGw Jul14First postmasters’ provisional stamps issued, New York City
NAScCl   Fire in New York City destroys 1,000 homes and kills many
NAScGs  17New York Yacht Club holds its first regatta
NAScGs Sep23First baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
NAScGs1846Jun19First baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-New York Club 23, Knickerbockers 1
NAMePr1847Jan15First Swedish magazine in U.S., Skandinavia, published in New York City
NAScLc Apr28George Boyer Vashon becomes first black to enter New York State Bar
NAScGv May04New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration
NAScGw Jul01First U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City
NASeIv  24Rotary-type printing press patents by Richard March Hoe, New York City
NAScBd1848Feb25Railroad baron Edward Harriman is born in New York [ed. - might be 12/24...check!]
NAScGw Jun10First telegraph link between New York City and Chicago
NA???? Jul26First Woman’s Rights Convention, Senecca Falls, New York
NASeIv1849Apr10Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City), sold rights for $100
NACfSk May10Mob destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City
NASeMn  16New York City establishes hospital for cholera victims
NAScGw Jul28Memmon is first clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out of New York
NAMvEx Aug19New York Herald reports gold discovery in California
NAScTn Sep29First passenger train service to Peekskill New York (New Haven Railroad)
NAMePr1850Jan26First German-language daily newspaper in U.S. published, New York City
NASeIv Feb05Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York
NAScGv Jul2317th Postmaster General: Nathan K. Hall of New York takes office
NAMeTh Sep01P.T. Barnum brings Jenny Lind to New York
NAScGs1851Jun03First baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers
NAMePr Sep18The New York Times starts publishing at 2 cents a copy
NAScGw1852Jan01First U.S. public bath opens, in New York City
NAMePr Mar13Uncle Sam cartoon figure makes its debut in the New York Lantern weekly
NAMeTh Sep27George L. Aiken’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin premieres in Troy, New York
NAScGv1853Mar03U.S. Assay Office in New York City authorized
NAMeTh May02Franconi’s Hippodrome opens in New York City
NAMvEx  31Elisha Kent Kane’s Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard the Advance
?????? Jul06National Black convention meets, Rochester New York
NAScGs  14First U.S. World’s fair opens, Crystal Palace New York
NASeIv Aug24First potato chips reportedly prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, New York)
NAScGv Sep06Women’s Rights Convention meets in New York City for three days
NAScGw1854Jan09Astor Library opens in New York City
NAScCm Oct10U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York opens
NAScCm Dec30Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, first in U.S., incorporated in New York City
NA????1855May05New York City regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration
NAMvSt Aug01Castle Clinton in New York City opens as Emigrant Landing Depot, the first U.S. receiving station for immigrants
NAMeMu Sep27George Frederick Bristow’s Rip Van Winkle, second American opera, opens in New York City
ATScCl1856Jan23Steamer Pacific along with her entire complement of almost 200 passengers and crew go missing without a trace on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.
ATScCl Feb20The John Rutledge, Liverpool - New York steamer, hits iceberg and sinks, 118 die
NAScGs1857Jan22National Association of Base Ball Players founded, New York
NAScGw Mar23Elisha Otis’ first elevator installed (488 Broadway, New York City)
NAScGs Oct06Recently-formed American Chess Association holds first major U.S. chess tournament (American Chess Congress) in New York City
NAMeTh Dec08First production of Dion Boucicault’s The Poor of New York
NAMeTh1858Feb22Dion Boucicault’s Jessie Brown premieres in New York City
NAScGs Jul20Fee first charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18)
NAScGs   John Holden hits first recorded home run (Brooklyn Eckfords v New York Mutuals)
NAScGw Aug02First mailboxes installed in Boston and New York City streets
NAScCm Oct28RH Macy and Co opens first store on 6th Avenue in New York City; Gross receipts total $11.08 ($279.82 today)
NAMeMu Nov09First performance of New York Symphony Orchestra
NAScGs1859Apr30Paul Morphy returns to New York from Liverpool after a 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires
NAScBd Nov23Infamous outlaw William H. Bonney (aka Billy the Kid) is born in New York City
NAMeTh Dec05Dion Boucicault’s The Octoroon premieres in New York City



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