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The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. It is coterminous with Bronx County of the State of New York. It is the northernmost and only mainland borough of New York City, located south of Westchester County. It also includes several small islands in the East River and Long Island Sound. 6.
The Bronx takes its name from Bronck's Farms, after an early settler in the area, Swedish immigrant Jonas Bronck. The borough's name is officially The Bronx, but the county's name is officially just Bronx, without the definite article. As of July 1, 2002, the population is 1,354,068.
The territory now contained within Bronx County was originally part of Westchester County, an original county of New York State. The present Bronx County was contained in four towns: Westchester, Yonkers, Eastchester, and Pelham. In 1846, a new town, West Farms, was created by secession from Westchester; in turn, in 1855, the town of Morrisania seceded from West Farms. In 1873Events The United Kingdom declares war against Ghana's King Kofi KariKari, who was involved in the trading of slaves. The war ended by July and the British established the Gold Coast Colony. January 17 Indian Wars: First Battle of the Stronghold during th, the town of Kingsbridge seceded from Yonkers.
In 1874Events January 1 New York City annexes The Bronx January 23 Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. January Signing of the Pangkor Tr, the western portion of the present Bronx County, consisting of the towns of Kingsbridge, West Farms, and Morrisania, was transferred to New York County, and in 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes the Town of Westchester and portions of Eastchester and Pelham, were transferred to New York County. City IslandCity Island is a small populated island approximately 1. 4 km) long by 0. 5 mi (1 km) wide located in the Borough of the Bronx in New York City, New York. It is located in Long Island Sound, south of Pelham Bay and east of Eastchester Bay. It is adjacent, known as New York City's only nautical community, voted to secede from Westchester County and join New York County in 1896Events January 4 Utah is admitted as the 45th U. January 5 An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Rontgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. January 12 H. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. January 18 The X-ray machine is exhib. In 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos, those parts of the then New York County which had been annexed from Westchester County were constituted the new Bronx County. New York City had also annexed the present-day Bronx County.