During the Battle of Princeton, British forces were defeated in New Jersey by George Washington’s revolutionary army.
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William the Conqueror defeated English forces at The Battle of Hastings.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
King Charles II of England gave a land grant to James Duke of York, which meant that New Jersey became a British colony.
The first United States Census was authorized.
The American state of New Jersey was the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
