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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Buffalo, New York, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Buffalo is the county seat of Erie County, and the second most populous city in the U.S. state of New York, after New York City. Originating around 1789 as a small trading community inhabited by the Neutral Nation near the mouth of Buffalo Creek , the city, then a town, grew quickly after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, with the city at ...
With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the second-most populous city in New York State after New York City, and the 81st-most populous city in the U.S. [10] Buffalo is the primary city of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the 49th ...
In its 275 years, stories, big and small, connect to shape York County’s larger story.
New York State Register of Historic Places in Buffalo (2 P) Pages in category "History of Buffalo, New York" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
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
National Trades' Union formed in New York when the New York General Trades' Union solicited labor organizations from around the country to send delegates to a national convention. [8] This union was the first attempt to create a national labor federation. [6] 1834 (United States) Lowell, Massachusetts Mill Women's Strike. [6] 1834 (United States)
The Battle of Buffalo (also known as the Battle of Black Rock) took place during the War of 1812 on December 30, 1813, in the State of New York, near the Niagara River.The British forces drove off the American defenders and destroyed many buildings and ships.