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Sep
08
Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. Stuyvesant had hoped to resist the English, but he was an unpopular ruler, and his Dutch subjects refused to rally around him. Following its capture, New Amsterdam’s name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, who organized the mission.
New Amsterdam, 17th century view. Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, United States. Renamed New York in 1664 by English settlers, after the Duke of York (King James II).
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