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1638
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New Haven is founded by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton with about 500 puritan followers from England and the Mass. Bay Colony. 1648 Merchants set sail from New Haven to London, hoping to make great profits from the ships cargo. They never reached London, and never returned. Colonists reported seeing a vision of the ship in the clouds. This became the
Ghost Ship
folklore of New Haven.
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1661
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New Haven residents aid the regicidal judges Whalley, Dixwell and Goffe to elude capture by soldiers of King Charles II. 1684
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First almanac published in New Haven.
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1701
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New Haven Collegiate School founded. Its Name later changed to Yale University after its benefactor Elijah Yale in 1716.
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1774
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Black population recorded at 273.
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1787
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First steamboat invented in New Haven.
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1808
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James Brewster used the first assembly line at his New Haven carriage factory.
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1811
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First black school opened.
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1820
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First black church congregation “United African Society,” established by Simeon Jocelyn.
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1839
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Spanish slave ship
Armistad
is brought into the New Haven Harbor and the Africans on board are put on trial for killing the ship’s crew.
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1845
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Irish potato famine starts large wave of immigration to the city.
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1873
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New Haven ceases to be a co-capital of Connecticut.
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1876
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First black graduate of Yale University, Edward Bouchet becomes the first black to earn a Ph.D. in the United States.
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1886
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Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument erected on East Rock overlooking the city in memory of 420 New Haven residents killed in the Civil War.
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1942
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Penicillin invented and first used in New Haven.
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