05/28/1863 |
A bakery explosion in New York City kills two and injures four others |
Crime/Disasters |
01/23/1866 |
A disturbance aboard a ship docked in New York City ends with a crewman dead of a gunshot wound |
Crime/Disasters |
01/16/1867 to 01/18/1867 |
A huge winter storms blankets New England. |
Crime/Disasters |
07/08/1865 |
A July heatwave continues across the eastern United States |
Science/Technology |
12/09/1863 |
A massive afternoon fire in the port of New York destroys around thirty vessels |
Crime/Disasters |
09/09/1867 |
A massive boiler explosion at a saw-mill kills several New Yorkers. |
Crime/Disasters |
01/18/1866 |
A New York City brewery employee commits suicide by jumping into a vat of boiling beer |
Crime/Disasters |
10/03/1866 |
A passenger ship is sunk in a hurricane off the Carolina coast with very heavy loss of life. |
Crime/Disasters |
10/19/1865 |
A significant lunar eclipse of the Sun is visible in the morning over much of the eastern United States |
Science/Technology |
01/03/1866 |
A small steamer explodes its boiler in New York Bay and two men are drowned |
Crime/Disasters |
09/16/1864 |
A tugboat race in New York's East River ends in tragedy when one vessels bursts its boilers, killing four |
Crime/Disasters |
02/19/1861 |
Abraham Lincoln arrives in New York City on his pre-inaugural tour |
Campaigns/Elections |
02/27/1860 |
Abraham Lincoln speaks before the Cooper Union in New York City |
Campaigns/Elections |
02/20/1861 |
Abraham Lincoln spends the day in New York City, addresses the City Council, and goes to the Opera |
Campaigns/Elections |
02/21/1861 |
Abraham Lincoln travels to Trenton, New Jersey and then to Philadelphia on his pre-inaugural tour |
Campaigns/Elections |
01/22/1867 |
Actor Edwin Booth's celebrated New York City run in the role of Hamlet is commemorated. |
Education/Culture |
06/03/1863 |
Admiral Andrew Foote assigned to replace Admiral Dupont as head of South Atlantic Squadron |
Battles/Soldiers |
06/26/1863 |
Admiral Andrew Foote dies after a short illness at the Astor Hotel in New York City |
Battles/Soldiers |
06/25/1863 |
Admiral Dahlgren appointed to replace the ailing Admiral Foote as South Atlantic Squadron commander |
Battles/Soldiers |
07/09/1860 |
Albert Hicks, facing execution as the United States' last pirate, confesses to a spectacular life of crime |
Crime/Disasters |
05/14/1860 to 05/18/1860 |
Albert Hicks, the United States' last pirate, goes on trial for his life in New York city |
Crime/Disasters |
07/13/1860 |
Albert Hicks, the United States' last pirate, is hanged on Bedloe's Island in New York Bay |
Crime/Disasters |
08/15/1865 |
Alleged embezzlers, accused of defrauding the Phoenix Bank of up to $300,000 face a New York City Court |
Crime/Disasters |
07/22/1865 |
Almost three years in the building, the U.S.S. Dunderburg is finally launched into New York's East River |
Science/Technology |
06/11/1860 |
American bark sails from Buenos Aires to New York in thirty-six days, fastest on record |
Business/Industry |
10/05/1859 to 10/06/1859 |
American Bible Union holds its 10th Annual Conference in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
01/24/1862 |
American novelist and essayist Edith Wharton is born into a wealthy family in New York City |
Personal |
03/12/1861 |
American sailing ship sinks in North Atlantic and fifty-three passengers and crew drown |
Crime/Disasters |
07/23/1858 |
American sailing vessel capsizes during a gale and fifteen passengers and crew are lost |
Crime/Disasters |
01/31/1860 |
American ship burns at Liverpool hours before leaving for New York |
Crime/Disasters |
04/28/1860 |
An afternoon fire in New York City destroys businesses but no lives are lost |
Crime/Disasters |
05/03/1866 |
An American clipper-ship burns in the Pacific leaving her crew in boats thousands of miles from land. |
Crime/Disasters |
04/28/1859 |
An American emigrant ship is wrecked on the Irish coast with almost 400 lives lost |
Crime/Disasters |
07/20/1860 |
An exceptionally large and bright meteor streaks across the northern areas of the United States |
Science/Technology |
07/25/1867 |
An experimental survival raft arrives in Southampton Water after a forty-three Atlantic crossing from New York. |
Science/Technology |
03/28/1860 |
Another New York City tenement fire kills two women and eight children |
Crime/Disasters |
01/07/1864 |
Archbishop John Hughes is buried in a ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
11/21/1860 |
As specie flows South, New York banks agree to work in concert to stabilize markets |
Business/Industry |
05/10/1849 |
Astor Place Riot in New York City |
Crime/Disasters |
11/20/1865 |
At a gala reception in New York City, thousands greet General Ulysses S. Grant and his family |
Education/Culture |
07/16/1860 |
At a Lincoln rally in New York City, Horace Greeley woos former Whig and American Party voters |
Campaigns/Elections |
07/02/1860 |
At a mass meeting in Tammany Hall, New York Democrats unite behind Stephen Douglas |
Campaigns/Elections |
10/25/1861 |
At Greenpoint, New York, John Ericsson lays the keel for his revolutionary ironclad |
Science/Technology |
02/19/1862 |
At Greenpoint, New York, John Ericsson's new ironclad is completed and turned over the the U.S. Navy. |
Science/Technology |
08/16/1866 |
At Margate on the English coast, a miniature sailing ship completes a remarkable Atlantic crossing. |
Business/Industry |
12/12/1861 |
At the Academy of Music in New York City, William Hanlon debuts his celebrated trapeze act |
Education/Culture |
04/16/1861 |
Atlantic packet returning from France sinks off Nova Scotia and nine seamen drown |
Crime/Disasters |
02/18/1856 |
Attempt to portray a live horse race in a stage play ends in disaster in New York City |
Education/Culture |
12/30/1861 |
Banks in New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia suspend payment in gold and silver |
Business/Industry |
04/20/1859 |
Bayard Taylor, the famous American travel writer, announces he will report exclusively for the New York Mercury |
Cultural |
05/17/1853 |
Biggest railroad merger to date takes place in New York |
Business/Industry |
01/25/1861 |
Burns Night, the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns celebrated around the globe |
Education/Culture |
05/03/1862 |
Captured blockade runner packed with munitions arrives in New York harbor as a U.S. Navy prize |
Battles/Soldiers |
04/23/1866 |
Carlotta De Berg, celebrated equestrienne circus performer, makes her American debut in New York City |
Education/Culture |
12/02/1867 |
Charles Dickens begins his live reading tour of the United States at the Steinway Hall in Boston. |
Education/Culture |
11/09/1867 |
Charles Dickens sails from Liverpool for his second visit to the United States. |
Education/Culture |
07/01/1860 |
Charles Goodyear dies a poor man in New York City |
Personal |
01/05/1861 |
Chartered steamship sails from New York City bound for Charleston and the resupply of Fort Sumter |
Battles/Soldiers |
12/05/1865 |
City Recorder John Thompson Hoffman, a Democrat, is elected the Mayor of New York City |
Campaigns/Elections |
01/07/1866 |
Clear but very cold weather grips most of the north-eastern United States |
Science/Technology |
03/24/1860 |
Clipper ship sails from New York to San Francisco in record time |
Business/Industry |
11/02/1856 |
Collision at sea sinks French steamer with significant loss of life |
Crime/Disasters |
05/25/1863 |
Colonel F.G. D'Ustassy of the 39th New York sentenced to a year in Sing Sing for fraud and embezzlement |
Crime/Disasters |
02/11/1860 |
Commercial vessel bound for New York sinks off Cape Hatteras |
Crime/Disasters |
03/04/1858 |
Commodore Perry dies at his home in New York City |
Personal |
10/04/1861 |
Complaints are made in the New York press over the condition of C.S.A. prisoners held in the city |
Battles/Soldiers |
02/27/1859 |
Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York murders Philip Barton Key in the street in Washington D.C. |
Crime/Disasters |
04/29/1851 |
Cooper Union founded in New York City |
Cultural |
05/21/1853 |
Cornelius Vanderbilt sets out in his yacht to circumnavigate the world |
Cultural |
09/23/1853 |
Cornelius Vanderbilt's North Star returns from its round the world journey |
Cultural |
04/04/1859 |
Daniel Decatur Emmett's "Dixie" premieres in New York City |
Education/Culture |
01/08/1861 |
Democrats celebrate "St. Hickory's Day" in honor of Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans |
Campaigns/Elections |
12/11/1867 |
Dickens enthusiasts queue overnight for live reading tickets for his second series of Boston live readings. |
Education/Culture |
12/12/1859 |
Dion Boucicault's controversial play about slavery opens at the Winter Garden Theater in New York City |
Slavery/Abolition |
10/09/1865 |
Diplomats from Tunisia on their way to Washington D.C. visit New York City |
US/the World |
07/01/1860 |
Discussing Italian current affairs, Archbishop Hughes of New York defends the Pope and the Papal States |
Religion/Philosophy |
05/13/1858 to 05/14/1858 |
Eighth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City |
Legal/Political |
11/11/1860 |
Eighty omnibus line horses die in massive New York City stable fire |
Crime/Disasters |
06/09/1860 |
Erasmus Beadle launches the era of inexpensive popular reading with his first "dime novel" |
Education/Culture |
11/30/1861 |
Ethel Beers publishes her poem "The Picket Guard" with its famous lines "All Quiet Along the Potomac" |
Education/Culture |
05/31/1853 |
Expedition to the Arctic sails from New York City |
Cultural |
01/17/1861 |
Famed courtesan and exotic dancer Lola Montez dies of pneumonia in New York City |
Education/Culture |
01/09/1861 |
Federal resupply ship for Fort Sumter fired on outside Charleston Harbor and forced to retreat |
Battles/Soldiers |
04/11/1861 |
Federal troops evacuated from Texas arrive in New York Harbor |
Battles/Soldiers |
11/10/1857 |
Federal troops sent to protect the U.S. Customs House in New York City |
Battles/Soldiers |
08/03/1860 |
Fight between elderly room-mates in the New York City Almshouse results in death |
Crime/Disasters |
01/14/1858 |
Figures show that there were more than five thousand bank failures in the United States between December 1856 and December 1857 |
Business/Industry |
12/29/1859 |
Fire causes heavy damage in lower New York City |
Crime/Disasters |
06/30/1860 |
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs for home from New York City |
US/the World |
06/16/1860 to 06/28/1860 |
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States lavishly entertained in New York City |
US/the World |
11/09/1860 |
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States reaches home after a nine month absence |
US/the World |
01/01/1852 |
First public Bath and Wash House in the United States opens in New York City |
Cultural |
02/28/1849 |
First ship in regular service from New York to California via Cape Horn arrives in San Francisco |
Commercial |
07/16/1858 |
Five killed in Erie Railroad accident in upstate New York |
Crime/Disasters |
09/19/1860 to 09/21/1860 |
Fog and heavy rains afflict New York City and vicinity |
Crime/Disasters |
12/20/1861 |
Former Iowa Senator George W. Jones arrested in New York and imprisoned for suspected disloyalty |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
11/13/1865 |
Former Senator Preston King, Collector of the Port of New York commits suicide in New York Harbor |
Personal |
12/26/1865 |
Forty passengers and crew drown when a steamer wrecks off the coast of North Carolina |
Crime/Disasters |
01/14/1861 |
From his bench in New York City, U.S. District Court Judge David Smalley defines high treason |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
02/26/1861 |
Future leading American soprano Clara Louise Kellogg makes her operatic debut in New York City |
Education/Culture |
09/20/1859 |
General Winfield Scott sails for the Pacific NorthWest to head off the "Pig War" |
Legal/Political |
04/09/1867 |
George Luther Stearns, leading abolitionist and member of "the Secret Six' dies of pneumonia in New York City. |
Personal |
02/08/1861 |
Georgia seizes New York ships in reprisal for New York police confiscation of arms bound for Savannah |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
09/13/1858 |
German steamship bound from Hamburg to New York burns at sea with heavy loss of life |
Crime/Disasters |
10/29/1883 |
Gustavus Vasa Fox dies in New York City |
Personal |
01/03/1859 to 01/04/1859 |
Heavy snowstorm in New York City and across the north-eastern United States |
Crime/Disasters |
11/20/1859 |
Henry McCarty, alias William Bonney, alias "Billy the Kid," is born in New York City |
Personal |
01/14/1861 |
Hinton Helper's scheduled lecture postponed in New York City due to fears of mob action |
Campaigns/Elections |
09/28/1859 |
Horace Greeley arrives home in New York City after his tour of the West |
Education/Culture |
06/06/1859 |
Horace Greeley arrives in Denver on his tour of the West |
Cultural |
05/15/1859 |
Horace Greeley arrives in Kansas on his tour of the West |
Cultural |
08/01/1859 |
Horace Greeley arrives in Sacramento on his tour of the West |
Education/Culture |
04/10/1841 |
Horace Greeley establishes the New York Tribune |
Commercial |
05/09/1859 |
Horace Greeley sets off from New York on his tour of the West |
Cultural |
09/16/1916 |
Horace White dies in New York City |
Personal |
07/31/1865 |
Hundreds of passengers and crew have a lucky escape when their steamship burns in the Atlantic |
Crime/Disasters |
07/11/1860 |
In a fiery speech, Senator Sumner predicts slavery will one day die as "a poisoned rat dies in its hole" |
Slavery/Abolition |
06/21/1863 |
In a sermon, Archbishop Hughes of New York blames the Confederacy for the continued bloodshed |
Religion/Philosophy |
06/13/1865 |
In a spectacular and destructive fire, P.T. Barnum's American Museum burns to the ground in New York City |
Crime/Disasters |
10/03/1866 |
In an Atlantic hurricane, a passing ship rescues all the passengers and crew of a foundering vessel. |
Crime/Disasters |
09/22/1860 |
In baseball, Brooklyn Excelsior visits Maryland to play Baltimore Excelsior |
Education/Culture |
08/24/1860 |
In baseball, the new Alpine Club of New York plays its first game, and wins |
Education/Culture |
09/07/1860 |
In baseball, Union and Excelsior play one of the lowest scoring games on record, final score 7-4 |
Education/Culture |
04/04/1862 to 04/05/1862 |
In billiards, Michael Foley wins his much anticipated return match with Dudley Kavanaugh |
Education/Culture |
06/19/1865 |
In Camden, New Jersey, the Philadelphia Cricket Club best their New York counterparts in a day of cricket |
Education/Culture |
01/17/1864 |
In central Pennsylvania, the train carrying Stephen Foster's remains home to Pittsburgh derails |
Crime/Disasters |
07/27/1860 |
In cricket, the St. George's Club of New York City lose their first match of the season |
Education/Culture |
02/28/1861 |
In Manhattan, the Homeopathic Medical College of the State of New York graduates its first class |
Education/Culture |
09/15/1860 |
In New York baseball, good early innings allow Excelsior and Putnam to notch up easy wins |
Education/Culture |
07/30/1860 |
In New York baseball, the Atlantic and Mutual Clubs meet in Hoboken |
Education/Culture |
12/01/1863 |
In New York City elections, Independent Democrat C. Godfrey Gunther wins the mayor's race |
Campaigns/Elections |
05/15/1867 |
In New York City's Bowery, the corner stone is set for new buildings for the Howard Mission and Home for Little Wanderers. |
Education/Culture |
10/10/1860 |
In New York City, "fire-eater" William L. Yancey of Alabama speaks at the Cooper Union |
Campaigns/Elections |
05/27/1863 |
In New York City, "General Butler" defeats "George M. Patchen" in a harness racing series worth $5000 |
Education/Culture |
10/03/1860 |
In New York City, 12,000 Republican "Wide-Awakes" march in a huge torch-lit night parade |
Campaigns/Elections |
04/16/1865 |
In New York City, a destructive fire cause heavy losses on the riverfront warehouse district |
Crime/Disasters |
05/23/1863 |
In New York City, a fire destroys a large commercial building and kills a teenage employee |
Crime/Disasters |
12/02/1865 |
In New York City, a large fire in a cotton warehouse kills one fireman and injures several others |
Crime/Disasters |
11/05/1865 |
In New York City, a late morning explosion shakes Greenwich Village |
Crime/Disasters |
09/12/1860 |
In New York City, a massive Douglas Democrat campaign barbecue draws tens of thousands |
Campaigns/Elections |
07/04/1860 |
In New York City, a massive fireworks display celebrates the Fourth of July |
Education/Culture |
07/16/1860 |
In New York City, an East Side fire burns for six hours and destroys twenty-five buildings |
Crime/Disasters |
12/02/1863 |
In New York City, an entire city block burns leaving forty families homeless |
Crime/Disasters |
11/15/1866 |
In New York City, an ornate banquet honors Cyrus Field and his Atlantic Cable. |
Science/Technology |
06/24/1863 |
In New York City, Columbia University holds its 109th Commencement |
Education/Culture |
11/25/1864 to 11/26/1864 |
In New York City, Confederate agents make an apparent but failed attempt to fire much of Manhattan |
Crime/Disasters |
07/12/1865 |
In New York City, continued upset over labor troubles with street cleaning spill over into violence |
Business/Industry |
11/06/1860 |
In New York City, crowds of Democrats gather outside Tammany Hall to hear the news of their defeat |
Campaigns/Elections |
05/10/1866 |
In New York City, enthusiastic crowds of Irish-Americans greet Fenian Leader James Stephens |
US/the World |
11/16/1865 |
In New York City, General Grant spends the afternoon at the racetrack |
Education/Culture |
02/08/1866 |
In New York City, Henry Bergh gives a public speech before leading citizens on animal rights |
Campaigns/Elections |
11/25/1864 |
In New York City, John Wilkes Booth performs with his brothers Edwin and Junius for the only time |
Education/Culture |
10/08/1860 |
In New York City, Mathew Brady's new photographic gallery on Broadway opens to the public |
Education/Culture |
01/23/1867 |
In New York City, mid-winter cold produces an ice bridge in the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn. |
Science/Technology |
09/16/1861 |
In New York City, prominent Catholic editor James A. McMaster arrested and his journal suspended |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
09/25/1860 |
In New York City, Republican "Wide Awakes" brawl with Bell supporters on Broadway |
Campaigns/Elections |
07/03/1860 |
In New York City, rival fire companies battle in the streets at a routine fire call |
Crime/Disasters |
04/14/1865 |
In New York City, Secretary of War Stanton's suspension of the draft and all recruiting is met with rejoicing |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
11/14/1865 |
In New York City, St. George's Episcopal Church is completely gutted in an afternoon fire |
Crime/Disasters |
10/06/1866 |
In New York City, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, the oldest Catholic church in the city, is destroyed by fire. |
Crime/Disasters |
10/16/1861 |
In New York City, the Bellevue Hospital Medical College opens its first regular term |
Education/Culture |
04/22/1867 to 04/23/1867 |
In New York City, the English Rackets Champion wins an international match with leading U.S. player Frederick Foulkes. |
Education/Culture |
10/04/1860 |
In New York City, the press get a preview of Mathew Brady's new photographic gallery on Broadway |
Education/Culture |
01/31/1866 |
In New York CIty, the Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard hold a gala dress ball for its war veterans |
Education/Culture |
03/23/1867 |
In New York City, the Winter Garden Theater is destroyed by fire. |
Crime/Disasters |
03/28/1861 to 03/29/1861 |
In New York City, thousands of newly-bound books burn in a massive fire |
Crime/Disasters |
06/14/1863 |
In New York City, twenty-nine horses die in an overnight fire when their stable is destroyed |
Crime/Disasters |
07/13/1863 to 07/17/1863 |
In New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting |
Crime/Disasters |
12/22/1860 |
In New York City, William H. Seward says in a speech that disunion will be avoided |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
02/02/1866 |
In New York Harbor, a U.S. Revenue cutter tests a new, safer boat lowering mechanism |
Science/Technology |
03/25/1865 |
In New York Harbor, convicted Confederate spy and New York City arsonist Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy is executed |
Battles/Soldiers |
12/11/1866 |
In New York Harbor, the first Great Ocean Yacht Race across the Atlantic begins. |
Education/Culture |
04/23/1864 |
In New York York's Central Park, the cornerstone of the Shakespeare Monument is dedicated |
Education/Culture |
01/13/1864 |
In New York's Bellevue Hospital, songwriter Stephen Foster dies suddenly, aged thirty-seven |
Personal |
11/26/1866 |
In New York's East River, a Brooklyn ferry burns but all aboard are saved. |
Crime/Disasters |
11/06/1865 |
In New York's East River, Blackwell Island Asylum celebrates new buildings with a ball for the patients |
Education/Culture |
07/30/1865 |
In New York, a brawl between two city inspectors turns deadly and one is shot to death |
Crime/Disasters |
04/24/1860 |
In New York, a clandestine prizefight on Ryker's Island ends in a sixty-one round draw |
Cultural |
06/22/1863 |
In New York, a Hudson River steamer breaks the record time from New York City to Poughkeesie |
Business/Industry |
12/06/1860 to 12/07/1860 |
In New York, a water main break cuts off much of the city's water supply for two days |
Crime/Disasters |
02/26/1866 |
In New York, an accident with a loaded experimental rifle slightly wounds General U.S. Grant |
Personal |
01/13/1861 |
In New York, famous horse-tamer John S. Rarey demonstrates his skills to packed Broadway crowds |
Education/Culture |
11/09/1860 |
In New York, Southern medical students enrolled in the city's schools meet to decide on their future |
Education/Culture |
07/09/1860 |
In New York, the giant steamship "Great Eastern" halves the price for a visit aboard to fifty cents |
Business/Industry |
06/07/1865 |
In the Caribbean, relief ships rescue passengers wrecked on a remote desert island the week before |
Crime/Disasters |
10/27/1860 |
In the previous seven days 390 people have died of various causes in New York City |
Education/Culture |
03/05/1864 |
In Union Square in New York City, the 20th U. S. C. T. receives its colors and departs for New Orleans |
Battles/Soldiers |
03/16/1861 |
Irish fishermen rescue fifteen survivors from wrecked American sailing ship |
Crime/Disasters |
04/08/1861 |
Jerry Bryant, leader of the famous Bryant's Minstrels, dies suddenly in New York City, aged thirty-two |
Education/Culture |
06/15/1852 |
Jew's Hospital of New York City incorporated |
Cultural |
06/05/1855 |
Jew's Hospital of New York City opens |
Cultural |
01/06/1860 |
John C. Heenan, "the Benicia Boy," departs for England to fight British champion Tom Sayers |
Cultural |
03/04/1862 |
John Ericsson's new ironclad is commissioned as the U.S.S. Monitor |
Science/Technology |
01/30/1862 |
John Ericsson's new ironclad is launched in New York |
Science/Technology |
12/16/1859 |
John Rogers finds no New York art dealer will display his new sculpture on slavery |
Slavery/Abolition |
09/29/1860 |
Just arrived in New York City, French billiard champion Claudius Berger gives his first American exhibition |
Education/Culture |
02/17/1860 |
Large gathering of leading New Yorkers demonstrate their support of Italian liberty |
US/the World |
11/20/1859 |
Large parade held in New York City in memory of the late Senator Broderick of California |
Education/Culture |
09/02/1861 |
Loaded passenger/cargo ship burns in New York's North River |
Crime/Disasters |
04/18/1861 |
Major Anderson and his command arrive in New York Harbor |
Battles/Soldiers |
04/14/1861 |
Major Anderson and his men evacuate Fort Sumter and sail for New York |
Battles/Soldiers |
02/14/1849 |
Mathew Brady photographs President Polk |
Education/Culture |
12/06/1859 |
Militia called out to ensure a peaceful mayoral election in New York City |
Campaigns/Elections |
09/01/1858 to 09/02/1858 |
Mob burns the New York State Quarantine buildings on Staten Island |
Crime/Disasters |
01/01/1885 |
Moncure Conway moves back to America, settles in New York City |
Personal |
01/01/1897 to 06/01/1898 |
Moncure Conway moves back to New York City after his wife is diagnosed with cancer |
Personal |
08/21/1863 |
More than a thousand names are drawn in the resumed Draft Lottery in New York's Sixteenth Ward |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
11/15/1859 |
Mozart Hall Democrats nominate Fernando Wood for mayor of New York City |
Campaigns/Elections |
01/26/1850 |
Nation's first daily German language newspaper begins circulation in New York City |
Education/Culture |
11/09/1859 to 11/11/1859 |
National Convention of Seaman's Missions holds its annual meeting in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
09/09/1861 |
Near New York City, the desertion of an entire company from the New York Rifles ends in a firefight |
Battles/Soldiers |
12/05/1863 |
Near New York, the steamer "Isaac Newton" explodes and burns in the Hudson River, killing twelve |
Crime/Disasters |
10/29/1866 |
New tram tracks across Broadway cause heavy traffic disruption along New York City's main thoroughfare. |
Business/Industry |
06/30/1860 |
New York and New Yorkers worth $577,230,656.97 in 1860 say city Tax Commissioners |
Business/Industry |
10/13/1857 |
New York City banks suspend operations as financial panic sets in |
Business/Industry |
06/18/1863 |
New York City doctor arrested as an abortionist after the death of a married woman |
Crime/Disasters |
08/01/1859 |
New York City enjoys unseasonal and comfortable summer weather |
Education/Culture |
02/08/1861 |
New York City fire fought in a freezing gale kills one fireman and seriously injures another |
Crime/Disasters |
12/01/1866 |
New York City police crack down on dog-fighting establishments in the Fourth Precinct. |
Crime/Disasters |
01/22/1861 |
New York City police seize almost a thousand muskets bound for Alabama |
Business/Industry |
09/29/1859 |
New York City reports decline in new immigrants |
Settlers/Immigrants |
11/06/1860 |
New York City resident George Templeton Strong votes for Abraham Lincoln |
Campaigns/Elections |
01/05/1859 |
New York City sleigh-riders complain that the salting of Broadway is ruining their outings after the snow-storm |
Cultural |
02/02/1860 |
New York City tenement fire kills twenty people |
Crime/Disasters |
09/18/1861 |
New York City's Bellevue Hospital Medical College opens its first term |
Education/Culture |
01/28/1859 |
New York City's Committee on Streets meets to discuss a proposal that the city's telegraph lines be buried underground |
Business/Industry |
06/08/1863 |
New York City's editors meet to condemn infringements of the free press |
Campaigns/Elections |
01/12/1861 |
New York City's First Division, New York State Militia volunteers its services to state governor |
Battles/Soldiers |
11/01/1860 |
New York City's veterans of the War of 1812 meet and declare for Lincoln and the Republicans |
Campaigns/Elections |
06/06/1854 |
New York Clearing House Association founded in New York City |
Business/Industry |
09/30/1859 |
New York Episcopal Convention votes to reinstate Benjamin T. Onderdonk as Bishop |
Religion/Philosophy |
05/12/1857 |
New York Infirmary for Women and Children opens in New York City with a staff completely made up of women doctors |
Cultural |
03/08/1860 |
New York packet wrecked in a snowstorm on the New Jersey shore but all aboard are saved |
Crime/Disasters |
09/04/1860 |
New York Police round up hundreds of street beggars throughout the city |
Crime/Disasters |
04/17/1860 |
New York requires fire escapes on city tenement buildings |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
11/06/1865 |
New York's Musicians Protective Association meets to assess the progress of its current citywide strike |
Business/Industry |
03/17/1867 |
New York's Saint Patrick's Day Parade sees serious clashes between marchers and police. |
Crime/Disasters |
11/28/1860 |
New York's Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men holds its eighteenth annual meeting |
Education/Culture |
11/10/1856 |
Newfoundland and New York linked by telegraph thanks to new cable under the Gulf of St. Lawrence |
Business/Industry |
05/12/1859 |
Ninth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City |
Women/Families |
12/07/1863 |
Off Cape Cod, Canadian Confederate sympathizers seize the American steamer "Chesapeake" |
US/the World |
02/13/1866 to 02/14/1866 |
Off New York City, naval engine designs compete in a race between the "Winooski" and the "Algonquin" |
Science/Technology |
12/01/1866 |
Official figures state cholera epidemic raging across the country has killed more than 10,000. |
Crime/Disasters |
12/04/1865 |
On a New York City street, the collision of a express train and a streetcar kills a young boy and injures others |
Crime/Disasters |
04/09/1862 |
On Fifth Avenue in New York City, the Delmonico Brothers open their third establishment |
Business/Industry |
06/02/1860 |
On Long Island, police battle large crowds to prevent an illegal prize fight |
Crime/Disasters |
09/25/1866 |
On the edge of the Bronx, the new Jerome Park Race Course opens with its first race meeting. |
Education/Culture |
08/28/1865 |
Outside New York City, two passenger trains on the Long Island Railroad collide head-on killing five people |
Crime/Disasters |
03/25/1864 |
Owen Lovejoy dies in New York City |
Personal |
06/12/1862 |
Owen Lovejoy speaks at an Emancipation League meeting in New York City |
Personal |
05/30/1865 |
Passenger steamer wrecks in the Caribbean, stranding hundreds on a remote desert island |
Crime/Disasters |
02/10/1861 |
Philadelphians gather to cheer a shipment of heavy cannon bound for the defenses of New York Harbor |
Campaigns/Elections |
03/17/1860 |
Pony Express plans to deliver mail from New York to San Francisco in nine days |
Business/Industry |
08/29/1866 |
President Andrew Johnson's "Swing Around the Circle" speaking tour travels across New Jersey to New York City. |
Campaigns/Elections |
04/24/1865 |
President Lincoln's remains arrive in New York City to lay in state at City Hall |
Personal |
04/25/1865 |
President Lincoln's remains depart New York City after a massive procession across the city |
Personal |
07/03/1858 to 07/04/1858 |
President Monroe goes home to Virginia |
Personal |
10/09/1860 to 10/10/1860 |
Prince Albert visits Philadelphia and attends the opera |
US/the World |
05/01/1863 |
Railroad and steamboat lines meet to coordinate Montreal-New York schedules |
Business/Industry |
04/03/1861 |
Real estate sales in New York City |
Business/Industry |
05/25/1863 |
Registration of those eligible under the Conscription Act begins in New York City |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
04/20/1861 |
Remarkable gathering of 100,000 New Yorkers in Union Square in support of suppressing the rebellion |
Campaigns/Elections |
07/14/1863 |
Rioters brutally beat, torture, and kill Colonel Henry F. O'Brian, commander of the 11th New York Volunteers |
Crime/Disasters |
07/13/1863 |
Rioters in New York City loot and burn the Colored Orphans' Asylum on Fifth Avenue |
Crime/Disasters |
10/28/1858 |
Rowland Hussey Macy opens his new New York City store for its first day of business and has takings of $11.06 |
Business/Industry |
08/10/1860 |
Royal Navy capture American-built slave ship "Sunny South" off Mozambique |
Slavery/Abolition |
05/09/1860 |
S.G. Goodrich, the famous "Peter Parley," author of hundreds of books for young adults dies in New York City |
Personal |
11/06/1858 |
Samuel Eli Cornish, pioneer black journalist and abolitionist, dies in Brooklyn |
Personal |
11/21/1856 |
Samuel Swartwout, the notorious former collector of customs at the Port of New York, dies |
Personal |
07/09/1866 |
Scaled down miniature sailing ship departs New York for a remarkable Atlantic crossing. |
Business/Industry |
03/27/1863 |
School for the physically disabled incorporated in New York City |
Education/Culture |
05/01/1863 |
School for the physically disabled opened in New York City |
Education/Culture |
05/23/1860 to 05/24/1860 |
Second annual meeting of the American Life Underwriter's Convention meets in New York City |
Business/Industry |
04/25/1865 |
Secretary Edwin Stanton intervenes to ensure African-American participation in New York's funeral procession |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
12/28/1859 |
Senator Seward of New York returns to the United States from Europe |
Legal/Political |
05/07/1859 |
Senator Seward sails for Europe on a mission to "recruit his health" and study "Old World" institutions |
US/the World |
11/25/1856 to 11/26/1856 |
Seventh National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City |
Legal/Political |
01/24/1864 |
Several Native American leaders of Far West tribes leave San Francisco for a trip to the East |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
02/21/1862 |
Slave ship captain Nathaniel Gordon executed in New York City as a pirate for slave trading |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
12/02/1859 |
Small passenger ship bound for New Haven sunk in early morning collision |
Crime/Disasters |
01/21/1864 |
Songwriter Stephen Foster is buried at the Allegheny Cemetery outside Pittsburgh |
Personal |
06/05/1859 |
Steamship bound for Glasgow from New York strikes an iceberg off of Newfoundland |
Crime/Disasters |
03/09/1862 |
Steamship packed with food bound for the northern English port of Liverpool sinks in a storm in mid-Atlantic |
Crime/Disasters |
06/06/1859 |
Steamship that struck an iceberg reaches port safely after a thirty-hour struggle |
Crime/Disasters |
01/03/1859 |
Stephen Douglas ends a three day visit to New York City and leaves for Philadelphia |
Legal/Political |
02/20/1860 |
Stone cutters working on the new Catholic Cathedral in New York City down tools |
Business/Industry |
03/09/1858 |
Street letter box patented in Philadelphia |
Commercial |
01/10/1859 |
Sudden freezing weather grips the north-eastern United States |
Crime/Disasters |
03/16/1861 |
Survivors of a shipwreck on the barren Florida coast endure several days of hardships before rescue |
Crime/Disasters |
11/11/1859 |
Suspected American slaveship returned under naval guard to New York |
Legal/Political |
09/19/1860 |
T.D. Rice, black-face minstrel originator of the "Jim Crow" character, dies in New York City |
Education/Culture |
01/03/1860 |
Tenement fire in New York City kills six people |
Crime/Disasters |
05/10/1860 to 05/11/1860 |
Tenth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City |
Campaigns/Elections |
11/29/1860 |
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated across the country |
Religion/Philosophy |
06/08/1867 |
The "Quaker City" sails from New York on a five-month tour of Europe and the Holy Land, with Mark Twain as one of the tourists. |
Education/Culture |
01/16/1866 |
The 1866 shipment of "Mercer Girls" departs New York City for Washington Territory |
Settlers/Immigrants |
04/21/1857 |
The adjustable bustle patented in New York City |
Commercial |
04/10/1866 |
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is chartered in the New York Legislature |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
05/14/1863 |
The American Temperance Union holds its annual meeting in New York City |
Campaigns/Elections |
05/13/1863 |
The American Tract Society holds its 38th Annual Meeting in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
10/29/1865 |
The big Hudson River steamer "St. John" suffers a massive boiler explosion and fifteen people are killed |
Crime/Disasters |
11/27/1859 |
The Board of Delegates of American Israelites meets for the first time in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
05/17/1858 |
The British-born writer Henry William Herbert shoots himself in the Stevens House Hotel in New York City |
Personal |
12/01/1861 |
The captured blockade runner Albion arrives in New York Harbor under a prize crew from USS Penguin |
Battles/Soldiers |
03/27/1860 |
The corkscrew receives its first United States patent |
Science/Technology |
08/15/1858 |
The cornerstone of New York City's new Catholic cathedral, Saint Patrick's, is laid |
Religion/Philosophy |
04/05/1865 |
The first annual conference of the National Unitarian Church opened at the Atheneum in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
12/25/1866 |
The first Great Ocean Yacht Race across the Atlantic ends at the Isle of Wight in the English Channel. |
Education/Culture |
07/01/1867 |
The first International Caledonian Games in North America is under way in New York City |
Education/Culture |
06/01/1863 to 06/11/1863 |
The first public national billiards championship is held in New York City's Irving Hall |
Education/Culture |
05/20/1856 |
The first telegraph ticker to print words patented in New York City |
Science/Technology |
07/01/1860 |
The giant steamship "Great Eastern" causes a sensation on the New York Docks |
Science/Technology |
07/03/1860 |
The giant steamship "Great Eastern" opens for tours at the New York docks |
Business/Industry |
07/30/1860 |
The giant steamship "Great Eastern" sails from New York on an excursion to Cape May, New Jersey |
Business/Industry |
03/12/1862 |
The Governor of New York reacts to the emergence of naval ironclad warfare in Virginia |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
03/18/1862 |
The governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey also react to the emergence of naval ironclad warfare |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
12/04/1859 |
The Italian Committee of New York visits Samuel Colt seeking arms for Garibaldi |
Business/Industry |
06/27/1860 |
The largest ship in the world arrives in New York after its first trans Atlantic voyage |
Business/Industry |
06/17/1860 |
The largest ship in the world sails for New York on its first trans Atlantic voyage |
Business/Industry |
08/19/1863 |
The military draft lottery resumes in New York City, more than a month after the Draft Riots |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
03/30/1849 |
The nation's first Jewish weekly periodical appears in New York City |
Education/Culture |
06/26/1865 |
The New York bound immigrant ship "William Nelson" burns in mid-ocean and hundreds are lost |
Crime/Disasters |
02/09/1864 |
The New York City fire department welcomes home the Second Regiment of Fire Zouaves |
Battles/Soldiers |
04/05/1857 |
The New York College of Veterinary Surgeons is incorporated |
Cultural |
12/13/1853 |
The New York Infimary for Women and Children is incorporated in New York City |
Cultural |
02/13/1858 |
The New York Insane Asylum on Blackwell's Island is destroyed by fire but no lives are lost |
Crime/Disasters |
03/03/1867 |
The New York steamship burns off Cape Hatteras and eleven aboard are killed. |
Crime/Disasters |
06/16/1860 |
The New York World begins publication in New York City |
Business/Industry |
06/11/1863 |
The New York Yacht Club holds its annual regatta around Manhattan |
Education/Culture |
06/08/1865 |
The New York Yacht Club holds its annual regatta off the coast of Long Island |
Education/Culture |
06/07/1860 |
The New York Yacht Club holds its sixteenth annual regatta |
Education/Culture |
10/11/1860 to 10/14/1860 |
The Prince of Wales spends three busy days in New York City |
US/the World |
06/05/1866 |
The Reformed Dutch Church holds its annual synod in New York City. |
Religion/Philosophy |
12/29/1859 |
The returned Senator Seward meets his New York City contituents |
Campaigns/Elections |
08/26/1860 |
The S.S. Great Eastern arrives back in Britain after her first trans-Atlantic voyage |
Business/Industry |
08/16/1860 |
The S.S. Great Eastern sails from New York for home after her first visit to the United States |
Business/Industry |
04/10/1849 |
The safety pin is patented in New York City |
Science/Technology |
09/12/1865 |
The thirty-sixth annual fair of the American Institute opens in New York City |
Education/Culture |
10/01/1867 |
The Union League of New York City hosts a massive reception for General Philip Sheridan. |
Battles/Soldiers |
11/16/1861 |
The United States Christian Commission is set up at a conference in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
02/10/1863 |
The wedding of Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren in New York City makes headline news |
Education/Culture |
10/27/1858 |
Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City |
Personal |
01/06/1866 |
Thieves rob a New Haven Railway train express car as it rolls through the night to Boston |
Crime/Disasters |
05/11/1863 |
Three thousand pounds of gunpowder explodes at a cartridge factory on New York City's East River |
Crime/Disasters |
09/11/1865 to 09/13/1865 |
Tied to their docks in the New York's East River, two naval ships begin extensive boiler tests |
Science/Technology |
05/21/1846 |
Trinity Church is dedicated in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
04/12/1865 |
Twenty-six year old Union General Frederic Winthrop is buried with great ceremony in New York City |
Personal |
04/01/1865 |
Twenty-six year old Union General Frederic Winthrop is killed at the head of his men at Five Forks |
Battles/Soldiers |
09/25/1865 |
Two four-man crews race on the Hudson River for a national rowing championship and two thousand dollars |
Education/Culture |
04/26/1860 |
U.S. Navy captures American slave ship off the coast of Cuba with 507 African slaves aboard |
Slavery/Abolition |
07/23/1860 |
U.S. Navy captures New Orleans owned slave ship off the coast of Cuba |
Slavery/Abolition |
04/30/1860 |
U.S. Navy delivers captured American slave ship with 507 African slaves aboard to Key West, Florida |
Slavery/Abolition |
06/01/1847 |
U.S. Post Office opens its contract ocean mail mail service to Europe |
Business/Industry |
03/13/1852 |
Uncle Sam makes his appearance |
Cultural |
12/27/1863 |
Union officer and Irish Nationalist leader Michael Corcoran is buried in New York City |
Personal |
04/04/1848 |
Verdi's opera "Nabucco" has its United States premiere in New York City |
Education/Culture |
02/19/1855 |
Verdi's opera Rigoletto premieres in New York City |
Cultural |
02/09/1860 to 02/10/1860 |
Violent gales cause heavy damage in New York City and Philadelphia |
Crime/Disasters |
05/14/1860 |
Warrant issued for arrest of the New York City Postmaster after a $155,500 embezzlement discovered |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
07/15/1863 |
Washington D.C. suspends the draft in the riot-stricken city of New York |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
11/28/1859 |
Washington Irving dies at his home in Tarrytown, New York |
Personal |
07/11/1860 to 07/12/1860 |
West Washington Market in New York City suffers severe damage in a midnight fire |
Crime/Disasters |
12/25/1860 |
William H. Russell arrested in New York City for plundering more than $800,000 in Indian Trust Funds |
Crime/Disasters |
01/16/1866 |
With Republicans taking power in New Jersey, the New York Times announces the state's "Reconstruction" |
Campaigns/Elections |
05/04/1855 |
Women's Hospital of New York City opens |
Cultural |
02/10/1855 |
World's first women's hospital organized in New York City |
Cultural |
03/02/1859 |
Yiddish popular writer Shalom Aleichem born in the Ukraine |
Cultural |