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Free Academy of the City of New York founded (later City College of New York). Madison Square Park and Astor Opera House open. Grace Church built. 1848 pencil drawing of a side and top view of a needlefish caught in New York, N.Y., drawn by Jacques Burkhardt. 1848 December: Cholera outbreak begins, its spread initially limited by winter weather.
9 de nov. de 2009 · New York City, the largest city in ... French explorer Samuel de Champlain visited the east coast of North America, including New York, and founded the city of Quebec as the capital of New France.
New York City was founded in 1624 by Dutch colonists and was one of the original 13 colonies. Old New York was originally called New Amsterdam. In 1664, the English seized control of New Amsterdam from the Dutch and changed its name to New York after the Duke of York, who later became King James II of England.
The date of 1664 appeared on New York City's corporate seal until 1975, when the date was changed to 1625 to reflect the year of Dutch incorporation as a city and to incidentally allow New York to celebrate its 350th anniversary just 11 years after its 300th. The British renamed the colony New York, after the king's brother James, Duke of York ...
New York City was founded in 1624 by Dutch colonists and was one of the original 13 colonies. Old New York was originally called New Amsterdam. In 1664, the English seized control of New Amsterdam from the Dutch and changed its name to New York after the Duke of York, who later became King James II of England.
The Society of St. Tammany was founded in 1789 as a benevolent organization, but it quickly assumed a political character and, as Tammany Hall, dominated New York City politics. The best known politician associated with Tammany Hall was "Boss" Tweed , who was removed from power in 1873 with little long-term effect.
New York City boasts over 40 daily newspapers in several different languages, including such national heavyweights as the Wall Street Journal (daily circulation of 2.1 million) and the New York Times (1.6 million), and America's oldest continuously-published newspaper, the New York Post, founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton.
