{"slug": "new-york-harbor", "label": "New York Harbor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Harbor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138301", "qid": "Q1138301", "description": "harbour in the New York City area, USA", "entries": 12, "years": 9, "span": [1609, 1954], "span_label": ["1609 CE", "1954 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 6}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Upper New York Bay"], "related": [{"slug": "san-francisco", "label": "San Francisco", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cape-horn", "label": "Cape Horn", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "san-francisco-bay", "label": "San Francisco Bay", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "south-america", "label": "South America", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "columbia-river", "label": "Columbia River", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "american-revolutionary-war", "label": "American Revolutionary War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "grover-cleveland", "label": "Grover Cleveland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hudson-river", "label": "Hudson River", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Henry Hudson in the Halve Maen sails into Upper New York Bay, and begins a journey up the Hudson River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#July–September", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – American Revolutionary War: World's first submarine attack – The American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365773863#September–October", "title": "1776", "revid": 1365773863, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor, with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. 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The California leaves New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounds Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrives at San Francisco, California after a 4-month-21-day journey.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369768167#Events", "title": "1849 in the United States", "revid": 1369768167, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1884, "year_label": "1884 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364372487#August", "title": "1884", "revid": 1364372487, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#June", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September", "text": "September – Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. of the Royal Northern Yacht Club with Galatea challenges unsuccessfully for the America's Cup in New York Harbor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353740148#Events", "title": "1886 in Scotland", "revid": 1353740148, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, in New York Harbor. 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