New York City
City
Largest city of the United States and first federal capital (1789-90); home of the United Nations headquarters.
Held by
- since 1789 United States
Capital of
- January 11, 1785 – December 5, 1790 United States
Events here 51
- August 26, 1776 Battle of Long Island
- September 15, 1776 Landing at Kip's Bay
- September 16, 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights
- September 21, 1776 Great Fire of New York (1776)
- November 16, 1776 Battle of Fort Washington
- November 25, 1783 Evacuation Day (New York)
- April 30, 1789 First inauguration of George Washington
- 1835 Great Fire of New York
- May 10, 1849 Astor Place Riot
- July 14, 1853 – November 1, 1854 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations
- July 1863 New York City draft riots
- December 5, 1876 Brooklyn Theatre fire
- November 1909 – March 1910 New York shirtwaist strike of 1909
- March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
- February 17 – May 19, 1913 Armory Show
- October 24–29, 1929 Wall Street Crash of 1929
- October 29, 1929 Black Tuesday
- 1930 – 1931 Castellammarese War
- November 29, 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine
- December 20, 1952 Convention on the Political Rights of Women
- February 20, 1957 Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
- June 10, 1958 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
- March 30, 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
- August 30, 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- July 16–22, 1964 Harlem riot of 1964
- December 16, 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- January 31, 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
- January 4, 1969 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- June 28 – July 3, 1969 Stonewall riots
- 1979 Moon Treaty
- December 18, 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- September 22, 1985 Plaza Accord
- October 19, 1987 Black Monday (1987)
- November 20, 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child
- December 18, 1990 Migrant Workers Convention
- February 26, 1993 1993 World Trade Center bombing
- September 10, 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
- October 6, 1999 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- September 6–8, 2000 Millennium Summit
- September 11, 2001 September 11 attacks
- September 11, 2001 American Airlines Flight 11
- September 11, 2001 United Airlines Flight 175
- December 13, 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- August 9, 2007 – June 30, 2009 2008 financial crisis
- September 17 – November 15, 2011 Occupy Wall Street
- September 17, 2011 Occupy movement
- April 2, 2013 Arms Trade Treaty
- September 20, 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- October 31, 2017 2017 New York City truck attack
- September 23, 2019 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
- March 4, 2023 High Seas Treaty