New York City History for Kids: From New Amsterdam to the Big Apple with 21 Activities
1741 Panic strikes when people suspect slaves are setting fires around city 38 slaves are killed 1766 First Liberty Pole erected 1770 Battle of Golden Hill 1776 Statue of King George is toppled at Bowling Green patriot forces abandon the city great fire destroys one third of New York 1783 Evacuation Day sees British troops depart after seven years 1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the president at Federal Hall New York is the US capital 1798 Yellow fever kills over 2 000 people 1800s
1807 Robert Fulton’s steamship departs from Manhattan to Albany 1808 Collect Pond filled 1811 Randel grid plan developed for the layout of NYC streets 1825 Erie Canal is completed 1827 Delmonico's
1832 Cholera kills over 3 500 people 1835 Great fire 1841 Barnum's American Museum opens 1842 Croton water system is completed 1849 Astor Place Riot 1853 World Exhibition is held at the newly built Crystal Palace 1857 Central Park is constructed 64 1863 Draft Riots 1871 William Boss Tweed is arrested 1882 First electric lights in the city 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opens 1886 Statue of Liberty is completed 1888 Blizzard cripples the city 1892 Ellis Island opens 1898 Consolidation Act takes effect combining Brooklyn Queens Staten Island and Bronx with Manhattan 1900S
1902 Macy’s opens in Herald Square 1904 NYC subway opens General Slocum fire 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire 1919 Prohibition begins 1920 Babe Ruth joins the Yankees 1929 Stock market crash 1931 Empire State Building is completed 1939 World's Fair is held at Flushing Meadows 40 Queens 1950 First part of the United Nations complex opens 1963 Old Penn Station is demolished 1964 Beatles arrive in New York 1964 World's Fair is held at Flushing
