In 1655, the first large shipment of slaves directly from Africa arrived at New Amsterdam. In 1664 the English seized New Netherland, including the town of New Amsterdam. They renamed the colony ...

When British warships sailed up to the colony in 1664, the Dutch surrendered to the British without firing a shot. New Amsterdam was renamed New York City and retained some Dutch cultural influences ...

Just over 40 years later, in an attempt to provoke a second Anglo-Dutch war, four English frigates sailed into the New Amsterdam harbour in 1664 demanding surrender. The following year ...

They established the colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. When the British took control of the area in 1664, they renamed it New York, and it became one of the original 13 colonies.

But the old soldier, the last Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, limping on his wooden leg from a war wound, feared in that late summer of 1664 that his cause was hopeless. With a British fleet ...

They were four of the 14 accomplished women forming the country’s contingent, invited to celebrate 300 years since the ...

The New Amsterdam Theatre was built in 1903 by producers A.L. Erlanger and Marcus Klaw and was designed by architects Herts and Tallent. With 1,702 seats, it was the largest theater on Broadway at ...

New York's linguistic diversity shines, with over 200 languages spoken—truly a melting pot! Yet, US Presidential ballots feature just five languages, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and remarkably, ...

After being closed since 2020 at its Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue, the museum will welcome visitors with a new Vermeer ...

Coleslaw is the perfect addition to any cookout or picnic, the ideal all-American salad ... right? Actually, a look at the history of coleslaw shows that the dish has European roots, an origin evoked ...

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By Nicole TungMaria Varenikova and Evelina Riabenko The violence erupted around a soccer match between Israeli and Dutch teams in Amsterdam on ... are weighing a new Trump administration in ...