1524 Giovonni de Verrazano entered New York Bay.
1609 Henry Hudson explores the Hudson River and claims the land for the Dutch.
1614 The first Dutch trading post was established near Albany.
1625 New Amsterdam is established. It will become New York City.
1625 Dutch settler found the colony of New Netherlands. They pay the Indians 60 guilders for the island of Manhattan.
1664 Governor Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam to the British who rename the city New York.
1688 Huguenots settler establish New Rochelle, the home town of MultiEducator, Inc.
1754 Kings College later renamed Columbia University is founded.
1754 The French and Indian War begins. It will end in 1763 with the British winning.
1775 Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga at the start of the American Revolution.
1776 The British defeated American troops at the battle of Long Island.
1776 Nathan Hale was executed for being an American spy.
1777 American forces won a decisive victory at the battle of Saratoga.
1783 Washington bid farewell to his troops in New York.
1787 Alexander Hamilton published the first volume in what became know as the Federalist Papers.
1788 New York becomes the 11th state to join the Union.
1789 George Washington was inaugurated as the first President on the steps of Federal Hall in New York.
1797 Albany is made the permanent state capital.
1802 The US military academy, known as West Point was founded.
1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont sails from New York to Albany in 32 hours.
1812 American troops defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain.
1825 The Erie Canal opens connecting the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.
1848 The first Women's Convention was held at Seneca Falls.
1863 Draft riots took place in New York that resulted in 1,000 casualties.
1892 Ellis Island opens as the central immigration center for the United States.
1899 President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo.
1904 The first subway opened in New York city.
1927 Charles Lindbergh flies to Paris from New York.
1929 Panic on the New York stock exchange launches the great depression.
1965 Black Nationalist Malcolm X was assassinated in New York.
1976 New York which on the brink of bankruptcy is aided by a federal loan guarantee.
2001 Two planes hijacked by terrorist crash into the World Trade Center destroying both towers