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The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1528. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624.
1785 – New York Manumission Society founded. [7] 1786 – First Mass held in St. Peter's Church on Barclay Street, the city's first Catholic Church. 1787 October 27: The Federalist Papers begin publication. [9] New-York African Free-School founded. [26] 1789 March: 1st United States Congress begins. April 30: Inauguration of Washington as U.S ...
In 1831, New York University was founded. [102] ... 75,000 to 11,000 years ago, the New York City area was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet. [160]
The Almanac of New York City (2008) Jaffe, Steven H. New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham (2012) Excerpt and text search; Lankevich, George J. New York City: A Short History (2002) Lockwood, Charles. Manhattan moves uptown: an illustrated history (Courier, 2014). Munn, Nancy D.
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (1998), 1300 of highly detailed scholarly history; Goldman, Mark. High Hopes: The Rise and Decline of Buffalo, New York (Suny Press, 1983) McEneny, John (2006). Albany, Capital City on the Hudson: An Illustrated History. Sun Valley, California: American Historical Press. ISBN 1-892724-53-7.
Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States: Oldest US settlement north of Virginia and second oldest state or territorial capital in the continental United States, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém: Pernambuco: Brazil
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Several of these could be considered founding myths of the city, though there have been disagreements on when it was actually "founded". [1] For example, the Seal of New York City has been variously marked by the years 1686, 1664 and 1625 over its history, [2] by steps attributing an earlier founding date. Sometimes these anniversaries have ...