Buffalo, New York
city and county seat of Erie County, New York, United States
9 dated entries naming Buffalo, New York, drawn from 8 separate years between 1825 CE and 1928 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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19th century
- 1825October 26 – The Erie Canal opens, providing passage from Albany, New York to Buffalo and Lake Erie.source
- 1832The City of Buffalo in New York is incorporated.source
- 1882October 16 – The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago. Nine days later the Seney Syndicate sells the road to William Henry Vanderbilt, for US$7.2 million.source
- 1899July 3 – Swiss-born American boxer Frank Erne wins the world lightweight championship by defeating champion George "Kid" Lavigne in Buffalo, New York.source
20th century
- 1901October 29 – Leon Czolgosz is executed in the electric chair for the assassination of William McKinley in Buffalo, New York on September 6.source
- 1901September 6 – Assassination of William McKinley: American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots U.S. President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies 8 days later.source
- 1902October 17 – First Cadillac completed, sold and sent to Buffalo, New Yorksource
- 1927August 7 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York.source
- 1928September 11 – The first broadcast of a play by television, melodrama The Queen's Messenger, on General Electric's W2XAD from Schenectady, New York, utilising techniques created by Ernst Alexanderson. WMAK (Kenmore) begins broadcasting in Buffalo, New York.source