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Canton, Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
immigrants suffering with tuberculosis at the port of New York on the ground of its being a dangerous contagious disease......June 4, 1901 Seventh National Bank of New York fails......June 27, 1901 Jacob S. Rogers bequeaths his whole estate, amounting to $5,000,000, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City......July 5, 1901 President McKinley visits the Pan-American exposition......Sept. 4, 1901 He makes an address on the grounds......Sept. 5, 1901 The President is shot twice by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, on Sept. 6. He seems in a fair way to recovery for several days, when gangrene poisoning sets in and he dies Saturday morning......Sept. 14, 1901 [The body lies in state in Buffalo City Hall and in the Capitol at Washington, an dthe last ceremonies are held in Canton, O., Sept. 19, 1901.] President Roosevelt takes the oath of office at Buffalo......Sept. 14, 1901 The President appoints a day of mourning for......Sept. 19, 1901 North Carolina
New York (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
[Province again named New Netherland, Fort James called Fort William Hendricks, and the city of New York New Orange.] Anthony Colve appointed governor......August, 1673 Albany and Esopus red battle of Long Island......Aug. 27, 1776 General Washington withdraws his forces to the city of New York from Long Island......Aug. 29-30, 1776 British use condemned hulks moored in Wallabout B Eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth sessions of the Continental Congress met in New York City—that is, from Jan. 11, 1785, to Oct. 21, 1788. Also the first and second sessions of the Fiin at Palmyra......1830 Population of the State 1,918,608......1830 University of the City of New York opened......1830 First locomotive engine, The best friend, built in the United States, fenate of New York, Jan. 24, 1894, and passed unanimously, charges against the police of the city of New York having been made publicly by the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst of that city. The committee
Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
nd......1611 Tiger accidentally burned at Manhattan......1613 Christiaensen builds Fort Nassabuilds the Onrust (Restless), of 18 tons, at Manhattan; launched near the Battery......spring of 16es-General of Holland name the country about Manhattan New Netherland, and grant its trade by chartm in Sea-Mew......Jan. 9, 1626 Arrives at Manhattan......May 4, 1626 Manhattan Island, rocky ver (Connecticut)......1627 Population of Manhattan estimated at 270......1628 Kiliaen Van Re..1630 New Netherland (800 tons) built at Manhattan......1631 Mohawks receive fire-arms from lled......March, 1632 Ship Eendragt, from Manhattan, attacked in Plymouth Harbor, England, on a blished a trading-post up the Hudson) visits Manhattan in the William, a London vessel from New Ply...April 24, 1633 William brought down to Manhattan and forced to sea......May, 1633 A small lth and population......1640 Indians near Manhattan alienated by the conduct of the Dutch......1
Navy Island (Canada) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
......Oct. 2, 1833 William L. Marcy, governor......1833 Riot in New York against the abolitionists......1834 A geological survey of the State ordered......1836 Union Theological Seminary in New York City founded......1836 Schenectady and Utica Railroad opened......1836 Aaron Burr dies at New York, aged eighty......Sept. 14, 1836 Legislature appropriates $200,000 a year for three years to form township and district libraries......1837 Patriot war—Canada......1837 Navy Island in Niagara River occupied by the Patriots......December, 1837 Steamer Caroline, at Schlosser's Landing, on the American side of Niagara River, is fired and sent over the Falls by Canadian soldiers under Colonel McNab, night of......Dec. 29, 1837 Auburn and Syracuse Railroad opened......1837 William H. Seward elected governor......1838 Free banking law passed......1838 Steamboat Lexington burned in Long Island Sound......Jan. 13, 1840 First State-prison library in the Uni
Fort Lee (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
executed as a spy at New York by command of General Howe......Sept. 22, 1776 Fleet on Lake Champlain under Benedict Arnold meets a vastly superior British armament under Captain Pringle, and is defeated with a loss of about ninety men......Oct. 11-13, 1776 Battle of White Plains; Americans driven back......Oct. 28, 1776 Washington crosses the Hudson......Nov. 12, 1776 Fort Washington on the Hudson captured by the British, with 2,000 prisoners and artillery......Nov. 16, 1776 Fort Lee, opposite Fort Washington on the Hudson, evacuated by the Americans under General Greene......Nov. 18, 1776 New York convention adopts a constitution......March 6–May 13, 1777 General Burgoyne with 7,173 British and German troops, besides several thousand Canadians and Indians, appears before Ticonderoga......July 1, 1777 George Clinton elected governor......July 3, 1777 John Jay appointed chief-justice and Robert R. Livingston chancellor......1777 Garrison under General St.
Atlantic Ocean (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
New York, One of the original thirteen States of the United States, is separated from Canada on the north by the eastern portion of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the river St. Lawrence; on the east lie Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; on the south, the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; on the west New Jersey, Pennsylvania, lakes Erie and Ontario, and the rivers Niagara and St. Lawrence. Its greatest length, north and south, is 312 miles, including Staten Island, while east and west it is 412 miles, including Long Island. It contains 49,170 square miles, in sixty counties. Population 1890, 5,997,853; 1900, 7,268,012. It is the Empire State of the Union in wealth and population. Capital, Albany. Giovanni da Verrazano, a Florentine, under commission of Francis I. of France, with a single caravel, the Dauphin, enters the bay of New York......April, 1524 Half Moon, eighty tons, leaves Amsterdam; Henry Hudson, an Englishman, commander......April 4, 1609
Niagara River (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
rsey, Pennsylvania, lakes Erie and Ontario, and the rivers Niagara and St. Lawrence. Its greatest length, north and south, i 1678 La Salle builds Fort Conty at the mouth of the Niagara River......January, 1679 La Salle begins building the Grifew York, and build a palisaded fort at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the east side......1687 Francis Stepney, a danci.1837 Patriot war—Canada......1837 Navy Island in Niagara River occupied by the Patriots......December, 1837 Steamerroline, at Schlosser's Landing, on the American side of Niagara River, is fired and sent over the Falls by Canadian soldiers or......1858 M. Blondin (Émile Gravelet) crosses the Niagara River, just below the Falls, for the first time on a tight-roncy.] Fenian raid into Canada; about 1,200 men cross Niagara River near Buffalo, camping near old Fort Erie......May 31, 1Sept. 19, 1873 International Railway Bridge crossing Niagara River at Black Rock (Buffalo) to Canada, built under authorit
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
io, and the river St. Lawrence; on the east lie Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; on the south, the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; on the westcolony of New England......1627 Dutch inform Plymouth of the Fresh River (Connecticut)......1627 Population of Manhattan estimated at 270......1628 Kiliaen r each county......1683 Agreement as to the boundary between New York and Connecticut......Nov. 28, 1683 Governor Dongan commissions James Graham first recordenor Burnet succeeded by John Montgomery......April 15, 1728 Boundary with Connecticut established......May, 1731 Governor Montgomery dies......July 1, 1731 .1753 Convention representing New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, at Albany to consider a colonial confction of game and fish established by law......June 26, 1880 New York and Connecticut joint boundary commission award to New York a small strip 4.68 square miles
Sandy Hook (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
land......1672 Monthly post between New York and Boston; first post messenger......Jan. 22, 1673 Dutch fleet of seven vessels, with 1,600 men, arrives off Sandy Hook. The Dutch of New York welcome their countrymen......Aug. 7, 1673 Dutch fire on Fort James, which returns a shot. Fort James and New York surrender to the , 1895 Harlem ship-canal, New York City, opened with appropriate ceremonies......June 17, 1895 The Defender-Valkyrie yacht races for the America's cup off Sandy Hook......Sept. 7-13, 1895 Lincoln's birthday first observed as a legal holiday in New York......Feb. 12, 1896 Earl Dunraven expelled from the New York Yacht Cof the receipt of news of the blowing — up of the battle-ship Maine in Havana Harbor the night before......Feb. 16, 1898 Spanish war-ship Vizcaya anchors off Sandy Hook......Feb. 18, 1898 Assembly passes the constitutional amendment providing for biennial sessions of the legislature (the measure having previously passed the
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
clock, noon, and buried there......Oct. 2, 1780 Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers, coming from England, settles with a body of that sect near Albany, 1774, and establishes a community of them at New Lebanon......1780 William Alexander (Lord Stirling), major-general in the American army, dies at Albany, aged fifty-seven......Jan. 15, 1783 Order of the Cincinnati founded by the officers of the army encamped on the Hudson......May 13, 1783 Treaty of peace with Great Britain signed at Paris......Sept. 3, 1783 British evacuate New York City......Nov. 25, 1783 Long Island and Staten Island evacuated by the British, who embark......Dec. 4, 1783 General Washington bids farewell to his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, New York......Dec. 4, 1783 University of the State of New York is established by an act of the legislature......May 1, 1784 [Governing body of the university is a board of regents, chosen by the legislature and holding office, without pay, for life, under c
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