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The campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn. Brooklyn: The Long Island Historical Society. p. 245. OCLC 234710. citizens. Lamb, Martha Joanna (1896). History of the City of New York: The Century of National Independence, Closing in 1880. New York: A. S. Barnes. OCLC 7932050. Schecter, Barnet (2002). The Battle for New York.
1776 – First Great Fire of New York City of 1776; 1776 – Around two-thirds of Varaždin, the capital of Croatia at the time, destroyed in a fire of unknown origin. 1787 – Great Boston Fire of 1787. 100 buildings destroyed in the southern part of Boston. [8] 1788 – First Great New Orleans Fire of 1788, 856 out of 1,100 structures burned.
1776 establishments in New York (state) (5 P) ... Great Fire of New York (1776) H. Heights of Guan; Thomas Hickey (soldier) P. Battle of Pell's Point; R. Red Hook ...
Map showing the counties of New York considered part of the "Burned-over District" [1] [2] The term "burned-over district" refers to the western and parts of the central regions of New York State in the early 19th century, where religious revivals and the formation of new religious movements of the Second Great Awakening took place, to such a great extent that spiritual fervor expanded like a ...
The 1835 Great Fire of New York was one of three fires that rendered extensive damage to New York City in the 18th and 19th centuries. The fire occurred in the middle of an economic boom, covering 17 city blocks, killing two people, and destroying hundreds of buildings, with an estimated $20 million of property damage (equivalent to $624 ...
January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces. January 10 – American Revolution – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense, arguing for independence from British rule in the Thirteen Colonies. [1]
A portrait of Major John Andre remains upside down at the '76 House in Tappan. General George Washington turned it over when Andre was hung as a spy after giving the plans of West Point to ...
90000689 [1] The ' 76 House , also known as the Old '76 House , is a Colonial-era structure built as a home and tavern in Tappan, New York , in 1754 by Casparus Mabie, a merchant and tavern-keeper. History