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New York Harbor

harbour in the New York City area, USA

12 dated entries naming New York Harbor, drawn from 9 separate years between 1609 CE and 1954 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.

Also written as Upper New York Bay in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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17th century

  • 1609September 11 – Henry Hudson in the Halve Maen sails into Upper New York Bay, and begins a journey up the Hudson River.source

18th century

  • 1776September 7 – American Revolutionary War: World's first submarine attack – The American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.source

19th century

  • 1810September 8 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor, with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River, and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria.source
  • 1810September 8 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a 6-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading post of Fort Astoria.source
  • 1824May 15 – A boiler explosion occurs on the steamship Aetna, under way in Upper New York Bay, killing more than ten passengers and injuring many more.source
  • 1849February 28 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins, with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay. The California leaves New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounds Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrives at San Francisco after the 4-month, 21-day journey.source
  • 1849February 28 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay. The California leaves New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounds Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrives at San Francisco, California after a 4-month-21-day journey.source
  • 1884August 5 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.source
  • 1885June 17 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.source
  • 1886September – Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. of the Royal Northern Yacht Club with Galatea challenges unsuccessfully for the America's Cup in New York Harbor.source
  • 1886October 28 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, in New York Harbor. The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first ticker tape parade.source

20th century

  • 1954November 12 – The main immigration port-of-entry in New York Harbor at Ellis Island closes permanently.source

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