History of Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Danbury, Connecticut, USA

• 1777 - Danbury, An important military depot for the American Revolutionary armies was burned and looted in April 1777 by the British under Major General William Tryon.
  
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• 1819 - Danbury
  Danbury, the semi-seat of justice of the county, and a flourishing agricultural and manufacturing post township, is situated in the northwestern secti...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Danbury
  Danbury, a post-town and semi-capital of Fairfield county, Connecticut, on the Dan- bury and Norwalk railroad, 18 miles N. N. W. from Bridgeport. It i...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859
  DANBURY, a township, semi-capital of Fairfield co. in the state of Connecticut, 68 m. SW of Hartford. It is pleasantly diversified, and is intersected...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1869 - FRIGHTFUL DISASTER. BREAKING OF DAM AT DANBURY, CONN. - HOUSES AND BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY - TEN OR TWELVE PERSONS DROWNED.
  Danbury, Conn., Monday, Feb. 1.
  
  The most terrible disaster that has ever occurred in Danbury happened last night, destroying a number of lives and ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1878 - Many funny fancies have come from Danbury, Conn.
  At least one funny fact comes from the same town. A Danbury man hired his divorced wife to attend to his present wife's child. - N. Y. Herald.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  September 28, 1878
  
  
•  1880 - Hat-Making was first begun in Danbury, Conn., in 1780, the factory there employing three workmen and turning out three hats a day. There are now employed 1,800 persons, and they make 17,400 hats a day.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  March 6, 1880
  
  
•  1888 - On the 30th ult. the Tweedy Manufacturing Company's hat factory at Danbury, Conn., the largest in America, shut down for the first time in twenty years.
  Eleven hundred employes were thrown out of work.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  May 5, 1888
  
  
•  1890 - FIRE BUGS IN DANBURY. TWO BIG CONFLAGRATIONS STARTED IN ONE NIGHT.
  DANBURY, Conn., Dec. 21. - A fire bug got in some effective work here Saturday night and Sunday morning, kindling two extensive fires. The first destr...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Danbury
  Danbury, dan’ber-e, a city, one of the capitals of Fair field co., Conn., is at the north terminus of the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad, 69 miles N.N.E. ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1896 - $150,000 BLAZE IN DANBURY.
  Fifteen Buildings Destroyed - Firemen, Hatter, and Woman Hurt.
  
  DANBURY, Conn., March 3. - The Fire Department battled for four hours this morning w...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1896 - DANBURY'S FIRE. The Total Loss Inflicted Will Reach Fully $70,000.
  Danbury, Conn., April 23. - The fire yesterday afternoon which destroyed Mackinzie & Sons' and Devenport & Von Gals' hat factories and George Taylor's...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Main Street looking North
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  Fair Grounds, Danbury, Conn.
  
  "The Danbury Fair was a yearly exhibition in Danbury, Connecticut. It was begun in 1821 as an agricultural fair, but did not have a regular schedule until 1869 when hat manufacturers Rundle and White helped form the... Read MORE...
  
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• 1916
  Danbury, dan'ber-e, a city, one of the capitals of Fair field co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 60 miles N N E. of New York. It ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Hotel Green, Danbury, Conn.
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  Main Street, Danbury, Conn.
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•  1927 - DANBURY BOY MAY LIVE AFTER CRASH
  Struck by Truck, While Riding Bicycle, Boy May Recover.
  
  DANBURY June 2 - (By Special Correspondent) - Chances for recovery of thirteen year old Joh...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Methodist Church and City Hall
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• 1965 - December 4 - 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
  
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