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The Woolworth Building, built in 1913. The modern five boroughs, comprising the city of New York, were united in 1898. In that year, the cities of New York—which then consisted of present-day Manhattan and the Bronx—and Brooklyn were both consolidated with the counties of Queens and Staten Island. [3]
November 10 – The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898: A coup d'état by white supremacists. November 26 – A 2-day blizzard known as the Portland Gale piles snow in Boston, Massachusetts , and severely impacts the Massachusetts fishing industry and several coastal New England towns.
Still, Bayrd, ed. Mirror for Gotham: New York as Seen by Contemporaries from Dutch Days to the Present (New York University Press, 1956) online edition Stokes, I.N. Phelps. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 compiled from original sources and illustrated by photo-intaglio reproductions of important maps plans views and documents in ...
1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1898th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 898th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1890s decade. As of the ...
1804 – New-York Historical Society founded. [21] 1805 – Yellow fever epidemic occurs, during which as many as 50,000 people are said to have fled the city. 1807 – College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York established. [21] 1808 – Roman Catholic Diocese of New York established (later elevated to an archdiocese) [35] 1809
Wilmington has a significant number of events marking the 125th anniversary of 1898, from lectures and film screenings to concerts, memorials & more.
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) online; Hood. Clifton. In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis (2016). Cover 1760–1970. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City.
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