New York governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clarke_(governor)" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Clarke (governor)">George Clarke</a>'s complex at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Amsterdam" id="mwVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fort Amsterdam">Fort George</a> is burned in an arson attack, starting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Conspiracy_of_1741" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York Conspiracy of 1741">New York Conspiracy of 1741</a>.