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Robert Anderson Van Wyck
1849Jul, 20

Robert Anderson Van Wyck

Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American lawyer and politician, 91st Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
Robert Anderson Van Wyck ( van WYKE; July 20, 1849 – November 14, 1918) was the first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of Greater New York in 1898.

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Events on 1849

  • 13Feb

    Franz Joseph I of Austria

    The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, which demands that the Romanian nation be recognized.
  • 29Mar

    Punjab region

    The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
  • 14Apr

    Lajos Kossuth

    Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
  • 3Jul

    Italian unification

    The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
  • 17Sep

    Harriet Tubman

    American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.