n Kidd sails to search for pirates

1697. Streets first lighted at night

1699. City wall demolished and Wall Street laid out
City Hall built in Wall Street

1700. First library opened

1701. Captain Kidd executed in England
Lord Bellomont dies

1702. Lord Cornbury Governor

1705. Queen's Farm granted to Trinity Church by Queen Anne

1708. Lord Lovelace Governor

1710. Robert Hunter Governor

1711. Public slave market established

1714. First public clock set on City Hall in Wall Street

1715. Lewis Morris appointed Chief-Justice

1720. William Burnet Governor

1725. Bradford prints first newspaper in city

1728. John Montgomery Governor

1729. First Jewish cemetery established

1731. First Fire Department organized
Montgomery dies

1732. William Cosby Governor

1733. James De Lancey made Chief-Justice

1735. Peter Zenger tried for libel

1736. Governor Cosby dies

1741. Negro Plot

1743. George Clinton Governor

1745. Louisburg captured

1752. Walton House built

1753. Sir Danvers Osborne Governor

1755. Sir Charles Hardy Governor

1756. Corner-stone of King's College laid
Lord Loudoun appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British forces
in America

1759. General Jeffrey Amherst appointed Commander-in-Chief in place
of Lord Loudoun

1760. Montreal captured
Lieutenant-Governor De Lancey dies
George II. of England dies
George III. becomes King

1761. Robert Monckton Governor

1763. Monckton resigns as Governor

1765. Stamp Act passed
First Colonial Congress held in New York
Sir Henry Moore Governor

1766. Stamp Act repealed
Liberty Pole set up on the Common

1770. Statues of William Pitt and George III. erected
Tax removed on all articles except tea
Battle of Golden Hill

1771. Sir William Tryon Governor

1773. Tax on tea reduced

1774. Taxed Tea dumped into the river
First Continental Congress held

1775. Lexington massacre
Second Continental Congress
Turtle Bay stores seized
Marinus Willett seizes the British ammunition wagons
Battle of Bunker Hill
Governor Tryon returns from England
General Montgomery killed at Quebec

1776. April.--General Washington comes to New York after the success
of the Continental army at Boston
July.--Independence declared