1644    Governor Kieft erected cattle-guard near line of modern street (April 4th).

1653    Stuyvesant erected palisade on line of modern street (March-May).

1685    Street surveyed and established (December 16th).

1691    Captain William Kidd became a property holder (May 16th).

1696    Trinity Church erected.

1699    City Hall erected, corner of Wall and Nassau streets.

1702    Colonel Nicholas Bayard tried for high treason in City Hall.

1719    First Presbyterian church built.

1728    First New York library housed in street.

1734    Zenger's Journal burned at pillory (November 6th).

1735    Zenger's trial in City Hall (August 4th).

1765    Stamp-Act Congress assembled in City Hall (October 7th); petitions, memorials, etc., to King and Parliament draughted.

1765    Stamp-Act riots (November 1st-6th); stamps surrendered and lodged in City Hall.

1770    Statue of William Pitt erected, corner of Wall and William streets (September 7th).

1774    Mock reception to Captain Lockyer at Merchants' Coffee-house (April 22d), corner of Wall and Pearl streets.

1774    Committee of Correspondence appointed at Merchants' Coffee-house (May 14th).

1774    Paul Revere arrived with dispatches from Boston (May 17th).

1774    Meeting of Committee of Fifty at Merchants' Coffeehouse (May 19th).

1774    Answer of Committee of Fifty, suggesting Continental Congress, draughted at Merchants' Coffeehouse, corner of Wall and Water streets (May 23d).

1775    News of the battle of Lexington received (April 23d); seizure of the City Hall by Sons of Liberty.

1775    Committee of One Hundred appointed in Merchants' Coffee-house to govern city.

1775    Marinus Willett seized arms (June 4th).

1776    Fortifications erected in Wall Street (April).

1776    Washington and Provincial Committee established headquarters in City Hall (April).

1776    Trinity Church invaded by armed mob (May).

1776    Declaration of Independence read from steps of City Hall (July 16th).

1776    Trinity destroyed by fire (September 21st).

1776    General Charles Lee a prisoner in City Hall.

1776-1783    Occupation by British troops.

1783    Triumphal entry of American troops; Washington banqueted at Simmons's Tavern, corner of Wall and Nassau streets (November 25th).

1783    Alexander Hamilton became a resident.

1784    James Duane, first American Mayor of New York, inaugurated at Simmons's Tavern.

1784    Reception to Sir John Temple at City Hall (November 24th).

1784    The Chamber of Commerce at Merchants' Coffee-house.

1784    Thomas Jefferson appointed minister to France at City Hall (March 10th).

1784    Bank of New York organized.

1784-1785    The Mayor's court opened on the corner of Wall and Broad streets.

1785    Celebration at City Hall on the first voyage of trading vessel from the United States to China (May).

1785    Continental Congress assembled in City Hall, corner of Wall and Nassau streets.

1787    Ordinance dedicating Northwest to freedom passed by Continental Congress (July 13) in City Hall.

1787-1788    "Federalist" papers written at No. 33 Wall Street.

1788    Demonstration on adoption of Constitution (July 26th).

1788    Corner-stone of Trinity laid; erection of Federal Hall begun by l'Enfant (August-September).

1789    Federal Hall, corner of Wall and Nassau streets, tendered to Congress of United States (May 3d).

1789    Canvass of electoral votes in Federal Hall resulting in election of Washington and Adams.

1789    Washington arrived at Murray's Wharf at foot of Wall Street (April 23d).

1789    Washington inaugurated in Federal Hall (April 30th).

1789    Senate, in Federal Hall, passed bill creating Supreme Court of the United States (June 12th).

1789    Washington, in Federal Hall, signed bill creating Supreme Court of the United States (September 24th).

1790    Trinity consecrated (March 25th)

1790    Petition presented to Congress for the abolition of slavery (February).

1790    Washington made last official visit to Wall Street (July 27th)

1791    Aaron Burr elected to the United States Senate in Federal Hall (January 3d).

1792    First "stock exchange" opened at No. 22 Wall Street (March 1st).

1792    Stock-brokers first united for mutual protection (March 17th).

1793    Tontine Coffee-house erected, corner of Wall and Water streets.

1793    Franco-British riots.

1795    Governor John Jay inaugurated at City Hall ()July 1st).

1795    Demonstrations against treaty with England; Hamilton stoned, corner of Wall and Broad streets (July).

1799    Manhattan Company obtained charter.

1804    Hamilton-Burr duel (July 11th).

1804    Hamilton's funeral (July 14th).

1809    Washington Irving became a resident.

1835    Merchants' Exchange and many other buildings destroyed by fire (December).

1846    Present Trinity Church completed.

1863    New York Stock-Exchange organized.

1869    Panic of "Black Friday" (September 24th).