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1714. First public clock set on City Hall in Wall Street
1715. Lewis Morris appointed Chief-Justice
1720. William Burnet Governor
1725. Bradford prints first newspaper in city
1728. John Montgomery Governor
1729. First Jewish cemetery established
1731. First Fire Department organized Montgomery dies
1732. William Cosby Governor
1733. James De Lancey made Chief-Justice
1735. Peter Zenger tried for libel
1736. Governor Cosby dies
1741. Negro Plot
1743. George Clinton Governor
1745. Louisburg captured
1752. Walton House built
1753. Sir Danvers...o...b..rne Governor
1755. Sir Charles Hardy Governor
1756. Corner-stone of King's College laid Lord Loudoun appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in America
1759. General Jeffrey Amherst appointed Commander-in-Chief in place of Lord Loudoun
1760. Montreal captured Lieutenant-Governor De Lancey dies George II. of England dies George III. becomes King
1761. Robert Monckton Governor
1763. Monckton resigns as Governor
1765. Stamp Act pa.s.sed First Colonial Congress held in New York Sir Henry Moore Governor
1766. Stamp Act repealed Liberty Pole set up on the Common
1770. Statues of William Pitt and George III. erected Tax removed on all articles except tea Battle of Golden Hill
1771. Sir William Tryon Governor
1773. Tax on tea reduced
1774. Taxed Tea dumped into the river First Continental Congress held
1775. Lexington ma.s.sacre Second Continental Congress Turtle Bay stores seized Marinus Willett seizes the British ammunition wagons Battle of Bunker Hill Governor Tryon returns from England General Montgomery killed at Quebec
1776. April.--General Was.h.i.+ngton comes to New York after the success of the Continental army at Boston July.--Independence declared August.--Battle of Long Island
1776. September.--British occupy New York Battle of Harlem Heights A Great Fire Nathan Hale executed November.--Fort Was.h.i.+ngton captured
1777. George Clinton, Governor of New York State Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga Was.h.i.+ngton at Valley Forge
1780. Benedict Arnold's treason
1781. Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
1783. September.--Treaty of Peace, between Great Britain and the United States, signed November.--British troops depart from New York December.--Was.h.i.+ngton bids farewell to his officers at Fraunces's Tavern
1788. The Doctors' Mob
1789. New York the seat of the National Government Was.h.i.+ngton becomes First President of the United States and comes to live in New York The Government House built Tammany Society organized
1790. Trinity Church rebuilt
1798. Small-pox epidemic Manhattan Company established
1803. New City Hall begun
1804. Alexander Hamilton killed by Aaron Burr
1805. Free School Society organized
1807. The Clermont launched
1811. City Plan completed
1812. United States at war with Great Britain
1814. Fort Clinton (afterward called Castle Garden) built War with Great Britain ended
1823. Yellow fever epidemic
1824. General Lafayette comes again to America
1825. Erie Ca.n.a.l celebration Gas introduced into city
1833. First penny newspaper started
