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1609 |
Henry Hudson anchored the "Half Moon" in New York Harbor |
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1630 |
Michael Pauw bought land for trading purposes on the west bank
of the Hudson and called the area Pavonia |
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1633 |
Michael Paulusen, a Dutch trader, erected a dwelling at Paulus
Hook |
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1636 |
Cornelius Van Vorst built a home near the present 4th and Henderson
Streets |
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1643 |
Pavonia settlement destroyed by Indians |
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1646 |
Peter Stuyvesant became Director General of New Netherlands |
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1655 |
Pavonia settlement again destroyed by Indians |
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1660 |
Bergen Township established on site of the present-day Bergen
Square |
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1779 |
Major "Light Horse" Harry Lee captured Paulus Hook
fort from the British on August 19 |
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1804 |
Associates of the Jersey Company bought Van Vorst family land
and then sold lots in Paulus Hook on May 15 |
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1804 |
Robert Fulton established his shipyard at Green and Morgan Streets;
8 years later sailed steamboat "The Jersey" to New
York in 14 minutes |
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1820 |
The Paulus Hook area was incorporated as the City of Jersey City,
but remained part of Bergen Township |
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1827 |
Joseph Dixon Crucible Company established |
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1829 |
The first police force, the Watch, was formed |
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1836 |
Morris Canal extension to Jersey City completed; railroad service
begins |
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1838 |
Jersey City became independent of Bergen Township with Dudley
Gregory as first mayor |
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1840 |
Hudson County was formed |
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1841 |
Van Vorst Township (Harsimus) separated from Bergen Township |
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1843 |
Bergen Township was divided into Bergen and North Bergen |
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1847 |
First Cunard liner docked at Jersey City, "The Hibernia" |
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1851 |
Township of Van Vorst added to Jersey City on March 18 |
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1852 |
Town of Hudson separated from North Bergen |
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1862 |
Bayonne separated from Bergen |
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1863 |
Greenville separated from Bergen |
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1870 |
Hudson City, Bergen, and Jersey City consolidated |
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1871 |
New City Charter;first paid Fire Department |
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1872 |
First public high school, William L. Dickinson, named Superintendent
of Schools |
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1873 |
Greenville joined jersey City on August 11, thereby giving Jersey
City its present land boundaries |
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1894 |
Hudson (now Kennedy) Boulevard opened |
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1896 |
City Hall completed |
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1901 |
Main Library building opened |
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1904 |
Boonton reservoir opened |
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1908 |
First route of Hudson and Manhattan tubes (now PATH) opened |
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1916 |
"Black Tom" (now part of Liberty State Park) Explosion,
July 30 |
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1917 |
Frank Hague became mayor |
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1921 |
Dempsey-Carpentier fight at Boyle's 30 Acres, July 2 |
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1924 |
Colgate erects new clock: largest outdoor timepiece in the world |
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1927 |
Holland Tunnel opened ten years before Lincoln Tunnel was dedicated |
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1931 |
Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital opened. |
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1937 |
Roosevelt Stadium opened |
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1946 |
Jackie Robinson broke organized baseball's "color line"
at Roosevelt Stadium |
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1947 |
Hague retired as mayor |
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1949 |
Hague political organization defeated by John V. Kenny |
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1960 |
Jersey City Municipal government's Charter revised |
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1967 |
End of railroad ferry service to New York City |
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1976 |
Liberty State Park opened |
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1993 |
Liberty Science Center and Hall of Technology opened |
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1994 |
Ferry service to NY City resumes |
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1996 |
WALDO district created for artists |
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1997 |
Light rail construction begins |
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