Aboriginals arrive in area
New York History Timeline
This website was created and is maintained by:
Philip J. June
Tucson, AZ
This website was first created
and published on 12.02.07;
Last update was 12.02.07
10,000 B.C.
Algonquian People occupying north and east of state
1000 A.D.
Iroquois Five Nations Confederacy
1450 - 1600 (??)
Giovanni da Verrazzano explores New York Bay
1524
Dutch establish colony and Fort
Orange near present day Albany
1614 - 1624
English capture New Amsterdam and
rename it New York
1664
American War of Independence begins
1775
Battle of Saratoga
1777
Battle of Trenton
1776
Battle of Yorktown
1781
Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War
1783
President George Washington
inaugurated
1789
U.S. Constitution ratified
1788
Erie Railroad crosses the state
1851
Wall Street crash and Great Depression
1929
New York World's Fair
1939 & 1964
United Nations established in NYC
1945
Capitol Building in Albany
Eastern Woodlands Culture
Mound Building Peoples
10,000 - ?? B.C.
Iroquoian People arrive
1300
Henry Hudson claims NY for the Dutch
1609
Captial moved to Philadelphia from
New York City
1790
New York Stock Exchange established
1792
The Erie Canal completed
1825
Civil War Draft Riots
1863
First subway completed in NYC
1904
September 11 - Terrorists destroy
World Trade Center
2001
Pleistocene Era ends - Ice sheet melts
10,000 B.C.
Niagra Falls
New York
The
Empire State
History of
NY Constitution adopted
1777
George Clinton inaugurated as governor
1777
Declaration of Independence
New York declares independence
1776
British leave New York
1783
New York City named nation's capital
1785
Empire State Building completed
1931
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St. Lawrence Seaway finished
1959
United Nations Headquarters
New York City at Night
