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Albany was formally chartered as a municipality by provincial Governor Thomas Dongan on July 22, 1686. The Dongan Charter was virtually identical in content to the charter awarded to the city of New York three months earlier. [8] Dongan created Albany as a strip of land 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and 16 miles (26 km) long. [9]
The history of Albany, New York, began long before the first interaction of Europeans with the native Indian tribes, as they had long inhabited the area.The area was originally inhabited by an Algonquian Indian tribe, the Mohicans, as well as the Iroquois, five nations of whom the easternmost, the Mohawk, had the closest relations with traders and settlers in Albany.
Albany Empire may refer to: Albany Theatre (formerly the Albany Empire), a multi-purpose arts centre in Deptford, South London Albany Empire (AFL) , a former professional arena football team based in Albany, New York
Albany is the second oldest state capital in the United States. [5] The steamer Albany departs for New York City; at the height of steam travel in 1884, more than 1.5 million passengers took the trip. [6] Albany has been a center of transportation for much of its history.
The Albany Empire were a professional indoor football team based in Albany, New York. They were members of the National Arena League from 2021 to 2023 and played home games at MVP Arena . They are named after the defunct Arena Football League (AFL) team of the same name that won the last ArenaBowl before the AFL folded.
Albany (/ ˈ ɔː l b ə n i / ⓘ AWL-bə-nee) is the capital and oldest city in the U.S. state of New York, and the county seat of and most populous city in Albany County.It is located on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River.
The Empire was Albany's third arena football team and second AFL team; it succeeded the original Albany Firebirds who began AFL play in 1990 and enjoyed great success, most notably winning ArenaBowl XIII, before moving to Indianapolis following the 2000 season, and later the Albany Conquest who played in the af2 developmental league from 2002 ...