This Day In New York History

There are a lot places to find information on New York history. Plenty of organizations do a great job telling in depth stories about specific battles, famous people, and even small town tales. All of that history comes with important dates in our past.

This page is an evolving attempt to try and capture the important dates in the Empire State’s past. The database includes historic events, births, and deaths that took place on this day in history. Each one in some way directly relates to Upstate.

This database is a work in progress and is updated regularly with historic dates. Some will be wide reaching and recognizable across Upstate. Others will be noteworthy only to those who live right in the region.

Regardless of the relation, all of the dates and events included in this database have had an impact in some way to the history of Upstate New York.

Today’s Events

1777 Lieutenant Thomas Blake and the First New Hampshire Regiment, as part of Schuyler’s retreat of Ticonderoga, arrive at Fort Miller.

1848 Lucretia Mott, Martha Wright, Mary Ann McClintock and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet at the home of Jane Hunt in Waterloo and the first discussion to organize a suffrage movement takes place.

1860 Albert H. Hicks is hanged in New York City and is the last person in the United States to be executed for Piracy

1931 New York State closes the Champlain Canal in Schuylerville.

1941 Robert Wallace Forster, Jr., Academy Award winning actor, is born in Rochester, New York, Monroe County.

1955 Randall James Bayer, American systematic botanist, is born in Buffalo

Looking for more? You’ll find a whole bunch of Upstate history in the facts section.

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Whether it’s the closing an iconic restaurant, the birth of a well known Upstater, or a news event that made waves, it’s an important piece of our past. It may seem inconsequential, but preserving the past is an integral part of our local storytelling.

If you have a piece of history related to New York that you feel should be included, please submit using this contact form.