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This article is a timeline of the history of New York City in the U.S. state of New York . Prior to 1700s. 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European to see New York Harbor arrives and names it Nouvelle- Angoulême. 1613 – Juan (Jan) Rodriguez [1] [2] [3] became the first documented non-Native American to live on Manhattan Island. [4] .
The Brooklyn Bridge across the East River (at right) was built from 1870 to 1883. The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624.
Large numbers of Blacks, Hispanics, or Asians began settling in Manhattan in the 1920s and in the rest of NYC after World War II. [1] The slowest area in the city to change its racial makeup was Staten Island, which was the only borough of New York City to retain a Non-Hispanic White majority after the 1980s. [1]
1730-04-08 Congregation Shearith Israel opens the 1st North American synagogue in New York City on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan; 1732-12-06 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players in New York; 1736-03-31 Bellevue Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse - 1st public hospital in the US
28 maj 2021 · In a very real sense, the island of Manhattan is a place created by a diagram: The Commmissioner’s Plan of 1811, which laid out the future streets north of Houston Street and south of 155th...
21 paź 2019 · We've made an informal exploration of New York's past using a handful of historical maps. A far more thorough examination of Manhattan's deeper history—reaching back to the time before Europeans arrived—has been a long-term project undertaken by Eric Sanderson of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
12 sty 2010 · New York City served as the capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790. During the 1760s and 1770s, the city was a center of anti-British activity–for instance, after the British Parliament...
