The Story of Manhattan Part 14

1714. First public clock set on City Hall in Wall Street

1715. Lewis Morris appointed Chief-Justice

1720. William Burnet Governor

1725. Bradford prints first newspaper in city

1728. John Montgomery Governor

1729. First Jewish cemetery established

1731. First Fire Department organized Montgomery dies

1732. William Cosby Governor

1733. James De Lancey made Chief-Justice

1735. Peter Zenger tried for libel

1736. Governor Cosby dies

1741. Negro Plot

1743. George Clinton Governor

1745. Louisburg captured

1752. Walton House built

1753. Sir Danvers...o...b..rne Governor

1755. Sir Charles Hardy Governor

1756. Corner-stone of King's College laid Lord Loudoun appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in America

1759. General Jeffrey Amherst appointed Commander-in-Chief in place of Lord Loudoun

1760. Montreal captured Lieutenant-Governor De Lancey dies George II. of England dies George III. becomes King

1761. Robert Monckton Governor

1763. Monckton resigns as Governor

1765. Stamp Act pa.s.sed First Colonial Congress held in New York Sir Henry Moore Governor

1766. Stamp Act repealed Liberty Pole set up on the Common

1770. Statues of William Pitt and George III. erected Tax removed on all articles except tea Battle of Golden Hill

1771. Sir William Tryon Governor

1773. Tax on tea reduced

1774. Taxed Tea dumped into the river First Continental Congress held

1775. Lexington ma.s.sacre Second Continental Congress Turtle Bay stores seized Marinus Willett seizes the British ammunition wagons Battle of Bunker Hill Governor Tryon returns from England General Montgomery killed at Quebec

1776. April.--General Was.h.i.+ngton comes to New York after the success of the Continental army at Boston July.--Independence declared August.--Battle of Long Island

1776. September.--British occupy New York Battle of Harlem Heights A Great Fire Nathan Hale executed November.--Fort Was.h.i.+ngton captured

1777. George Clinton, Governor of New York State Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga Was.h.i.+ngton at Valley Forge

1780. Benedict Arnold's treason

1781. Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

1783. September.--Treaty of Peace, between Great Britain and the United States, signed November.--British troops depart from New York December.--Was.h.i.+ngton bids farewell to his officers at Fraunces's Tavern

1788. The Doctors' Mob

1789. New York the seat of the National Government Was.h.i.+ngton becomes First President of the United States and comes to live in New York The Government House built Tammany Society organized

1790. Trinity Church rebuilt

1798. Small-pox epidemic Manhattan Company established

1803. New City Hall begun

1804. Alexander Hamilton killed by Aaron Burr

1805. Free School Society organized

1807. The Clermont launched

1811. City Plan completed

1812. United States at war with Great Britain

1814. Fort Clinton (afterward called Castle Garden) built War with Great Britain ended

1823. Yellow fever epidemic

1824. General Lafayette comes again to America

1825. Erie Ca.n.a.l celebration Gas introduced into city

1833. First penny newspaper started