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September 15. Swimming-match for the championship of the Delaware from Blockhouse to Ridgway Park, a distance of 7-1/2 miles; 8 contestants. First prize won by Dennis F. Butler; second, Duke Marr, of Schuylkill; third, George Bird, of Atlantic City; fourth, Thomas Coyle, of Chester.
November: George Washington moves into President's House on High Street. December 6: United States capital relocates to Philadelphia from New York City for a period of 10 years as the new national capital is constructed in Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Stock Exchange founded.
History of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people.
Philadelphia, a city in Pennsylvania whose name means City of Brotherly Love, was originally settled by Native American tribes, particularly the Lenape hunter gatherers, around 8000 B.C.
An enthusiastic history of Philadelphia, 1680-1900. Philadelphia Timeline, 1646-1899. Climb into your "Wayback Machine" and join us on a ride back through time in the City of Brotherly Love. Philadelphia Firsts 1681-1899. A nice listing of the many and varied firsts in Philadelphia's proud history.
Philadelphia - Colonial, Revolutionary, Quaker: William Penn acquired the province of Pennsylvania in 1681 from King Charles II of England as a place where his fellow Quakers could enjoy freedom of worship and a chance to govern themselves and develop their own way of life.
Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Philadelphia. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
Philadelphia, where the U.S. Constitution was drafted in 1787, served as the nation's capital for one decade in the 1790s. It was a decade of nation-building in many ways, from the drama of politics to the creation of a national culture.
A Brief History of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia, as laid out by William Penn, comprised only that portion of the present city situated between South and Vine Streets and Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. In fact, the city proper was that portion between High (Market) Street and Dock Creek. Here is where the pioneers dug caves in the ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.