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 ...

The details vary from one account to another, but on August 27th, 1664 three or perhaps four English warships carrying 300 or maybe 450 English soldiers arrived at New Amsterdam. Their commander was ...

New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British in 1664 and renamed New York. Though comprising about three tenths of one percent of the citizenry in the year 2000, the Dutch have had far-reaching ...

On this day in 1664, the bustling Dutch colonial outpost known as 'New Amsterdam' was seized by the British and given a new name - New York. This wasn't just a local squabble; it helped change the ...

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 ...

while the inhabited core was called New Amsterdam. In 1664, when the English took possession of Manhattan, the enclave was ...

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.

On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” to ...

Following the English capture of New Amsterdam (1664), the name was corrupted to “collect.” Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Collect Pond was a favorite spot for picnics and ...

As NYC turns 400, one of the best ways of understanding what propelled the city's astronomical growth is by paddling the ...

The Dutch were the first to discover New York and named it New Amsterdam after the Netherlands’ capital city. The British took the land from the Dutch in 1664 and King Charles II gave it to his ...