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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. The "Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from ...
In 1613, the Dutch established a trading post on the western shore of Manhattan Island. Juan Rodrigues was the first documented non-native to live on Manhattan Island. [11] In 1614 the New Netherland company was established, and consequently they settled a second fur trading post in what is today Albany, called Fort Nassau.
Manhattan personified in the early 20th century. Despite the Great Depression, some of the world's tallest skyscrapers were completed in Manhattan during the 1930s, including numerous Art Deco masterpieces that are still part of the city's skyline, most notably the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and the 30 Rockefeller Plaza. [51]
He is considered the first immigrant, the first person of African heritage, the first person of European heritage, the first merchant, the first Latino, and the first Dominican to settle in Manhattan. [5] 1614 – Dutch settle on Manhattan Island. [6] 1624 – New Amsterdam is founded by the Dutch West India Company. In May 1624, the first ...
Wyckoff House. East Flatbush, Brooklyn. 1652. Oldest surviving structure in New York, oldest in Brooklyn, oldest on Long Island. Zachariah Hawkins House. Stony Brook. 1660 c. Klinkenberg (h) Bouwerji. Coxsackie.
The first of a series of cholera epidemics began in 1832. [6] By 1835, with the epidemic past, Manhattan was in the throes of the first of its building booms. The Great Fire of 1835, as seen from Williamsburgh. Late on December 16, 1835, the Great Fire of New York broke out. The temperature was below zero (F), and gale-force winds were blowing ...
The earliest surviving map of the area is the Manatus Map. [1] According to Robert T. Augstyn and Paul E. Cohen in their study Manhattan in Maps: 1527 - 1995, New York City is unique in that it is young enough that, unlike major European and Asian cities, and unlike other American cities of about the same age, its early maps have survived ...
There are nine National Monuments, National Memorials or National Historic Sites in New York City (all but the Statue of Liberty and Castle Clinton are also National Historic Landmarks): African Burial Ground National Monument, declared February 27, 2006. Governors Island National Monument, declared January 19, 2001.