{"slug": "albany-new-york", "label": "Albany, New York", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany%2C_New_York", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24861", "qid": "Q24861", "description": "capital city of the U.S. state of New York and seat of Albany County", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1686, 1905], "span_label": ["1686 CE", "1905 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "first-nations-in-canada", "label": "First Nations in Canada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iroquois", "label": "Iroquois", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "benjamin-franklin", "label": "Benjamin Franklin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "georgia-u-s-state", "label": "Georgia (U.S. state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hudson-river", "label": "Hudson River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buffalo-new-york", "label": "Buffalo, New York", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – Albany, New York, is granted a city charter by the colonial governor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#July–September", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1691, "year_label": "1691 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – Battle of La Prairie in Canada: An English and Iroquois force come north from Albany, New York to attack Montreal, but are repulsed with significant casualties by the French and their First Nations allies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356137934#July–September", "title": "1691", "revid": 1356137934, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – The Albany Plan of Union is given official approval by the delegates from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, with Connecticut opposing. The plan approved at the meeting in Albany, New York is based on Benjamin Franklin's suggestions of \"a general union of the British colonies on the continent\" for a common defense policy. As amended at the assembly, the proposed union calls for the British Parliament to approve the arrangement, which would encompass all of the British North American colonies except for Georgia and Nova Scotia. The plan, to be considered by the individual colonies for ratification, provides for an inter-colonial legislature (the Grand Council) composed of between two and seven representatives for each colony, depending on population. It also provides for a \"President General\" who can veto Grand Council legislation, a common defense budget with colonies contributing proportionately to their representation, and an inter-colonial army whose officers would be selected by the Grand Council.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360193273#July–September", "title": "1754", "revid": 1360193273, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – The North River Steamboat, Robert Fulton's first American steamboat, leaves New York City for Albany on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733939#July–September", "title": "1807", "revid": 1362733939, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – The Erie Canal opens, providing passage from Albany, New York to Buffalo and Lake Erie.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341744335#October–December", "title": "1825", "revid": 1341744335, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1869, "year_label": "1869 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – John Wesley Hyatt patents celluloid in Albany, New York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360511845#June", "title": "1869", "revid": 1360511845, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Fourteen employees of a department store in Albany, New York are killed when the building collapses suddenly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#August", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › August"}}]}