Manhattan: Timeline

1524   Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to sight the island of Manhattan, the future New York City New York City

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1613   Adriaen Block Adriaen Block

Adriaen Block was a Dutch [i] private fur trader and navigator who explored the coastal and ... 

's ship ''Tyger'' is destroyed by fire, forcing him and his crew to spend the winter on Manhattan.

1625   New Netherlands director Wilhem Verhulst commissions the construction of Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan.

1626   Peter Minuit, director of the New Netherland New Netherland

New Netherland , 16141674, was the territory on the eastern coast of North America [i] in the 17th century [i] ... 

 colony, begins a policy of "purchasing" Manhattan from the Lenape Lenape

The Lenape or Lenni-Lenape were, in the 1600s, loosely organized bands of Native American [i] ... 

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1626   The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam was the name of the 17th century [i] town which grew outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhatt ... 

. The town would transform into a piece of what is now New York City New York City

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1776   American Revolutionary War: British land on Manhattan at Kip's Bay.

1874   founding of a Young Men's Hebrew Association in Manhattan which still operates today as the 92nd Street Y

1898   New York City New York City

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 annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs [i] of New York City [i]. ... 

, Queens, The Bronx The Bronx

The Bronx is one of the five boroughs [i] of New York City [i]. ... 

, and Staten Island Staten Island

Staten Island is one of the five boroughs [i] of New York City [i]. ... 

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1900   New York City New York City

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 Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

1928   At Park Central Hotel in Manhattan, Arnold Rothstein, New York City New York City

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's most notorious gambler, is shot to death over a poker game.