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New Netherlands

Oct 28, 1609

Henry Hudson sailed to Newark Bay, claimed land for Dutch, named it New Netherlands

Company Chartered

Oct 28, 1621

Dutch West India company chartered

Fort Nassau

Oct 28, 1628

Captain Cornelius J Mey built Fort Nassau near Gloucester City and became director of New Netherland

Harsimus

Oct 28, 1630

Area of Harsimus was an island claimed by the Dutch West India Company that developed in present day New Jersey

Fort Christina

Oct 28, 1638

Swedish colony established Fort Christina along Delaware River

First Permanent town

Oct 28, 1660

Dutch settled Bergen, first permanent town

New Netherlands renamed

Oct 28, 1664

British took control of New Netherlands from Dutch; renamed it New Jersey

New Jersey divided

Oct 28, 1676

New Jersey colony divided into East and West

First slaves

Oct 28, 1680

New Jerseys first slaves brought for a plantation in Shrewsbury

Proprietors met in Burlington

Oct 28, 1688

Council of West Jersey proprietors met in Burlington

Crown Colony

Oct 28, 1702

East and West Jersey became Crown Colony under supervision of governor of New York

Formed Government

Oct 28, 1736

New Jersey formed own government

Protest of taxes

Oct 28, 1774

Tea burning at Greenwich in protest of taxes

Revolutionary War

Oct 28, 1776

Over 100 battle took place in New Jersey during Revolutionary War

Adopted first state constitution

Nov 1, 1776

New Jersey adopted first state constitution; George Washington crossed Delaware River from Pennsylvania in surprise attack on British; Washington defeated British at Battle of Trenton.

Washington headquartered

Nov 1, 1777

Washington was headquartered at Morriston

Battle of Monmouth

Nov 1, 1778

Washington victorious at Battle of Monmouth

US capital

Nov 1, 1778

Princeton served as US capital

Different US capital

Nov 1, 1784

Trenton served as US capital

Third US state

Nov 1, 1787

New Jersey became the third US state

Duel in Weekawken

Nov 1, 1804

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr dueled in Weehawken; new legislation enacted - any person born after July 4, 1804, considered free

First Ferry Services

Nov 1, 1824

First ferry service in US opened between Hoboken and Manhattan

Production in Paterson

Nov 1, 1835

Colt firearms begins production in Paterson

Telegraph

Nov 1, 1838

Samuel Morse demonstrated telegraph

Second state constitution

Nov 1, 1844

New Jersey adopted second state constitution

First baseball game

Nov 1, 1846

First baseball game held at Hoboken

Dinosaur fossil found

Nov 1, 1858

Dinosaur fossil found at Haddonfield

Electoral votes

Nov 1, 1860

New Jersey granted electoral votes to Stephan Douglas, running against Abraham Lincoln

Civil War

Nov 1, 1861

88,000 New Jerseyites fought in Civil War; state became component of Underground Railroad

Lincoln rejected

Nov 1, 1864

New Jersey granted electoral votes to George McClellan, running against Abraham Lincoln; only free state that rejected Lincoln twice