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Manhattan

borough of New York City, New York, United States

15 dated entries naming Manhattan, drawn from 14 separate years between 1524 CE and 1981 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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16th century

  • 1524April 17 – Verrazzano's expedition makes the first European entry into New York Bay, and sights the island of Manhattan.source

17th century

  • 1625The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town will transform into a piece of New York City.source
  • 1626May 24 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from a Native American tribe (Lenape or Shinnecock) for trade goods, valued at 60 guilders ($1,143 U.S. dollars as of 2020).source
  • 1626November 6 (O.S.) – The ship Arms of Amsterdam arrives in Europe from New Netherland (left September 23) with the news: "They have purchased the Island Manhattes [Manhattan] from the Indians for the value of 60 guilders."source
  • 1655April 26 – The Dutch West India Company denies Peter Stuyvesant's request to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam (Manhattan).source

18th century

  • 1776September 15 – American Revolutionary War: Landing at Kip's Bay – British troops land on Manhattan at Kips Bay.source

19th century

  • 1811March 22 – The Commissioners' Plan for Manhattan is presented.source
  • 1840March 4 – Alexander S. Wolcott and John Johnson open the world's first commercial photography portrait studio, their Daguerreian Parlor, on Broadway in Manhattan.source
  • 1868July 1 – The cable-operated West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway in Manhattan becomes the first elevated railway in the United States.source
  • 1874March – The Young Men's Hebrew Association in Manhattan (which will still be operating 150 years later as the 92nd Street Y) is founded.source
  • 1888Katz's Delicatessen is founded on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.source
  • 1898January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island.source

20th century

  • 1932September 10 – The IND Eighth Avenue Line, at this time the world's longest subway line (31 mi km), begins operation in Manhattan.source
  • 1949October 24 – The cornerstone of the Headquarters of the United Nations on Manhattan is laid.source
  • 1981August 24 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering John Lennon in Manhattan eight months earlier.source

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