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 ...

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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.

In 1664, the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York, after the Duke of York. In 1720, a plague hit Marseilles, France, killing more than 175,000 people. In 1760, New ...

calling it New Amsterdam. The settlement served as the capital of New Netherland. In 1664, the British captured the area and renamed it New York in honor of the Duke of York. During the 18th ...

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Getty Images According to historian Russell Shorto, the founding of New Amsterdam 400 years ago is ... time the British took it at cannon point in 1664 and renamed it after the Duke of York ...

In 1664, the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York. In 1900, Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed an estimated 8,000 people; it remains the ...