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Tag: Revolutionary War

1/1/1699 The British seize the Hempstead area from the Dutch

4/19/1775 The American Revolutionary War begins

7/4/1776 The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence

8/1/1776 The British arrive in New York Harbor

8/27/1776 The Battle of Long Island takes place in Brooklyn

9/3/1783 The American Revolutionary War ends

1/1/1784 Washburn’s Neck becomes known as Raynor South

4/15/1784 Hempstead splits into North and South Hempstead due to the American Revolutionary War