December 12: threat of British occupation of Philadelphia prompts Congress to move to
Baltimore at
Henry Fite House for two months
1777
March 5: Congress returns to Philadelphia
September 11: British victory at the
Battle of Brandywine forces Congress to flee from Philadelphia to Lancaster, and then York. Pro-Revolutionary civilians also flee.
September 23: British troops occupy Philadelphia, greeted by Loyalist civilians
1778
June 18: British troops abandon Philadelphia in order to defend
New York City;
Continental Army forces retake Philadelphia the same day
December 6: United States
capital relocates to Philadelphia from New York City for a period of 10 years as the new national capital is constructed in
Washington, D.C.
McGillin's Olde Ale House opened on Drury Street. McGillin's is the oldest continuously operating tavern in Philadelphia and one of the oldest in the country.[39]
March 21:
Angelo Bruno assassinated outside his home. The murder was orchestrated by his
consigliere,
Antonio Caponigro, who was unhappy with Bruno's conservative leadership style and had been led to believe that, if he attempted a coup, he would have the support of the
Genovese crime family.[87] That April, Caponigro visited New York City, apparently under the assumption he was about to be confirmed as boss. Instead, he was tortured and murdered.[88]
Sister city relationship established with
Tianjin, China.[80]
January 5: Thirteen people die and two others are injured in
a fire at a converted apartment complex in the
Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia.[98]
June 5: A mass
shooting occurs on South street which results in the deaths of 3 and injury of 11.
2023
June 11: Portion of the
I-95 highway collapses due to a tanker crash and fire in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia, shutting down interstate traffic in both directions. Governor Shapiro declares State of Emergency to secure funds to rebuild the overpass.
^Kurjack, Dennis C. (October 1953).
"The "President's House" in Philadelphia". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 20 (4). Pennsylvania Historical Association: 380–394.
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^Hampton L. Carson (1889), History of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.,
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^Fairmount Park Guard Pension Fund Association (1915), Descriptive souvenir of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., Philadelphia: Reichert and Co.,
OL23720468M
^Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Corporations Bureau, Articles of Incorporation, Entity Number 3836800, Recorded 4/15/1916, corporations.pa.gov/Search/corpsearch
^Walter S. Hayward; Percival White (1922), Chain Stores: their Management and Operation, New York: McGraw-Hill,
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Michael P. McCarthy (1990). "Traditions in Conflict: The Philadelphia City Hall Site Controversy". Pennsylvania History. 57 (4): 301–317.
JSTOR27773404.
Bruce J. Evensen (1993). "'Saving the City's Reputation': Philadelphia's Struggle over Self-Identity, Sabbath-Breaking and Boxing in America's Sesquicentennial Year". Pennsylvania History. 60 (1): 6–34.
JSTOR27773587.
December 12: threat of British occupation of Philadelphia prompts Congress to move to
Baltimore at
Henry Fite House for two months
1777
March 5: Congress returns to Philadelphia
September 11: British victory at the
Battle of Brandywine forces Congress to flee from Philadelphia to Lancaster, and then York. Pro-Revolutionary civilians also flee.
September 23: British troops occupy Philadelphia, greeted by Loyalist civilians
1778
June 18: British troops abandon Philadelphia in order to defend
New York City;
Continental Army forces retake Philadelphia the same day
December 6: United States
capital relocates to Philadelphia from New York City for a period of 10 years as the new national capital is constructed in
Washington, D.C.
McGillin's Olde Ale House opened on Drury Street. McGillin's is the oldest continuously operating tavern in Philadelphia and one of the oldest in the country.[39]
March 21:
Angelo Bruno assassinated outside his home. The murder was orchestrated by his
consigliere,
Antonio Caponigro, who was unhappy with Bruno's conservative leadership style and had been led to believe that, if he attempted a coup, he would have the support of the
Genovese crime family.[87] That April, Caponigro visited New York City, apparently under the assumption he was about to be confirmed as boss. Instead, he was tortured and murdered.[88]
Sister city relationship established with
Tianjin, China.[80]
January 5: Thirteen people die and two others are injured in
a fire at a converted apartment complex in the
Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia.[98]
June 5: A mass
shooting occurs on South street which results in the deaths of 3 and injury of 11.
2023
June 11: Portion of the
I-95 highway collapses due to a tanker crash and fire in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia, shutting down interstate traffic in both directions. Governor Shapiro declares State of Emergency to secure funds to rebuild the overpass.
^Kurjack, Dennis C. (October 1953).
"The "President's House" in Philadelphia". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 20 (4). Pennsylvania Historical Association: 380–394.
JSTOR27769454. The full story of the "President's House" that never housed a President
^Hampton L. Carson (1889), History of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.,
OL7038323M
^Fairmount Park Guard Pension Fund Association (1915), Descriptive souvenir of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., Philadelphia: Reichert and Co.,
OL23720468M
^Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Corporations Bureau, Articles of Incorporation, Entity Number 3836800, Recorded 4/15/1916, corporations.pa.gov/Search/corpsearch
^Walter S. Hayward; Percival White (1922), Chain Stores: their Management and Operation, New York: McGraw-Hill,
OL7157624M
Michael P. McCarthy (1990). "Traditions in Conflict: The Philadelphia City Hall Site Controversy". Pennsylvania History. 57 (4): 301–317.
JSTOR27773404.
Bruce J. Evensen (1993). "'Saving the City's Reputation': Philadelphia's Struggle over Self-Identity, Sabbath-Breaking and Boxing in America's Sesquicentennial Year". Pennsylvania History. 60 (1): 6–34.
JSTOR27773587.