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Niagara Falls

three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States

12 dated entries naming Niagara Falls, drawn from 9 separate years between 1677 CE and 1903 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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17th century

  • 1677December 7 – Father Louis Hennepin of Belgium, exploring North America, becomes the earliest known European person to discover Niagara Falls, and the first to report its existence. In his book A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, published in 1698, Hennepin writes "Betwixt the lakes Ontario and Eire there is a vast prodigious Cadence of water which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, inasmuch that the Universe does not afford its parallel."source
  • 1679December 3 – French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (commonly called "La Salle") and Henri de Tonti set off from their fort near Niagara Falls in North America on the first European expedition to explore the upper Mississippi River.source

19th century

  • 1837December 29 – The Patriot steamer "Caroline" is burned in the Niagara River at Niagara Falls.source
  • 1840The first known photograph of Niagara Falls, a daguerreotype, is taken by English chemist Hugh Lee Pattinson.source
  • 1855March 8 – A bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls is completed.source
  • 1859June 30 – Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope for the first time.source
  • 185930 June - Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope for the first time.source
  • 1885April 30 – A bill is signed in the New York State legislature, forming the Niagara Falls State Park.source
  • 1885July 15 – The Reservation at Niagara Falls opens, enabling access to all for free. Thomas V. Welch is the first Superintendent of the Park.source

20th century

  • 1901October 24 – Michigan schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.source
  • 1901October 24 – Michigan schoolteacher Annie Taylor goes down Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.source
  • 1903March 22 – Because of a drought, the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of watersource

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