Albany, New York: Timeline

1686   New York City New York City

[i] in the [[United States]... 

 and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.

1807   The ''Clermont'', Robert Fulton Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton was a U.S. [i] engineer [i] and inventor [i], who was widely credited with ... 

's first American United States

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 steamboat Steamboat

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, leaves New York City New York City

[i] in the [[United States]... 

 for Albany, New York on the Hudson River Hudson River

The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican [i], is a river [i] running mainly throu ... 

, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat Steamboat

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 service in the world.

1825   The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.

1936   YMCA Youth and Government program founded in Albany, New York