| 1624/05/00 |
Dutch West India Company |
Sponsor |
Thirty families, under the command of Cornelius Jacobsen May, arrive from the Dutch Republic on the ship "New Netherland" and settle on Governors Island. |
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Settling the American Colonies |
| 1776/09/06 |
David Bushnell |
Naval Architect |
Sergeant Ezra Lee, in David Bushnell's one-man submarine, Turtle, unsuccessfully tries to attach mines to Admiral Richard Howe's flagship, HMS Eagle, anchored near Governors Island |
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Invention of the Submarine |
| 1842/00/00 |
Samuel F B Morse |
Inventor |
Samuel Morse test his telegraph between Manhattan's Battery Park and Governors Island. |
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Invention of the Telegraph |
| 1909/09/26 |
Wilbur Wright |
Inventor |
During the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Wilbur Wright takes off from Governors Island, circles the Statue of Liberty and lands back on Governors. |
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Hudson-Fulton Celebration |
| 1909/10/04 |
Wilbur Wright |
Inventor |
During the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Wilbur Wright makes a 33 minute flight from Governors Island, up the Hudson River to Grant's Tomb and back Governors Island. |
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Hudson-Fulton Celebration |
| 1910/05/29 |
New York Times |
Publisher |
Glenn Curtiss takes off from Rensselaer Island in Albany and flies a biplane 150 miles down the Hudson River to Governors Island, winning a $10,000 prize sponsored by Joseph Pulitzer. New York Times fills 6 pages of text and photos reporting on the win. |
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| 1910/05/29 |
Glenn Hammond Curtiss |
Aviator |
Glenn Curtiss takes off from Rensselaer Island in Albany and flies a biplane 150 miles down the Hudson River to Governors Island, winning a $10,000 prize sponsored by Joseph Pulitzer. New York Times fills 6 pages of text and photos reporting on the win. |
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| 1910/05/29 |
Joseph Pulitzer |
Sponsor |
Glenn Curtiss takes off from Rensselaer Island in Albany and flies a biplane 150 miles down the Hudson River to Governors Island, winning a $10,000 prize sponsored by Joseph Pulitzer. New York Times fills 6 pages of text and photos reporting on the win. |
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| 1912/00/00 |
US Army Corps of Engineers |
Engineer |
4,787,000 cubic yards of excavated material (3,660,000 m3) of from the IRT Lexington Ave Line is deposited on the south side of Governors Island, adding 103 acres (42 ha). |
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| 1912/00/00 |
Elihu Root |
Secretary of War |
4,787,000 cubic yards of excavated material (3,660,000 m3) of from the IRT Lexington Ave Line is deposited on the south side of Governors Island, adding 103 acres (42 ha). |
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| 1917/05/28 |
John J Pershing |
Military |
General John J Pershing departs Governors Island to take command of the American Expeditionary Force in France. |
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