New York
- Names
New York
NY
New Netherland
- Place Type
- state
- Description
- Occupied by Algonquians (Mohican & Munsee) and Iroquois (Five Nations) when Europeans settled here in 17th cen.; French and Algonquians warred with English & Iroquois in 18th cen.; state was divided during Revolution; supported Union in Civil War.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Getty Vocabulary Program rules; Times Atlas of the World (1994); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Born
Adam Bartos (American, born 1953)
Marion Greenwood (American, 1909-1970)
- Active
Edward Avedisian (American, 1936-2007)
Craig Barber (American, born 1947)
George N. Barnard (American, 1819-1902)
Jill Baroff (American, born 1954)
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
Hans Burkhardt (American, born Switzerland, 1904-1994)
Dan Christensen (American, 1942-2007)
Joseph Cornell (American, 1903-1972)
Mark di Suvero (American, born China, active United States and France, born 1933)
Charles Loring Elliott (American, 1812-1868)
Elliott Erwitt (American, born France, born 1928)
Lee Norman Friedlander (American, born 1934)
George D. Green (American, 1943-2020)
John Adams Griefen (American, born 1942)
Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935)
George Hausdorf (German, 1888-1959)
David Kapp (American, born 1953)
Alex Katz (American, born 1927)
Mary McDonnell (American, born 1959)
James McGarrell (American, born 1930)
Reuben Nakian (American, 1897-1986)
- Died
