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European settlement began with the establishment of a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The territory and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother ...
1624 – New Amsterdam is founded by the Dutch West India Company. In May 1624, the first settlers in New Netherland arrived on Noten Eylandt (Nut or Nutten Island, now Governors Island). 1625 – Dutch Fort Amsterdam built. [6] 1626 Lenape sell Manhattan Island to Dutch. [7] Chattel slavery introduced to North America with the unloading of 11 ...
Manhattan (/ m æ n ˈ h æ t ən, m ə n-/ ⓘ man-HAT-ən, mən-) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by geographical area in the U.S. state of New York.
Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States: Oldest US settlement north of Virginia and second oldest state or territorial capital in the continental United States, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém: Pernambuco: Brazil
2. Cartography: an essay on the development of knowledge regarding the geography of the east coast of North America; Manhattan Island and its environs on early maps and charts / by F.C. Wieder and I.N. Phelps Stokes. The Manatus maps. The Castello plan. The Dutch grants. Early New York newspapers (1725-1811). Plan of Manhattan Island in 1908
Founded in 1792 by Alexander Baranov as the new site for Three Saints Bay, founded in 1784. [61] 1792: Raleigh: North Carolina: United States 1793: Toronto: Ontario: Canada: Formerly known as Fort Toronto. In 1750, Fort Toronto was the second French trading post established in the Humber River area.
Richard Caswell becomes the first governor of the newly formed state. The North Carolina Council of State is formed by the constitutional convention of North Carolina. December 22–23 – American Revolution: Battle of Iron Works Hill; December 23 – the first session of the Fifth North Carolina Provincial Congress ends. [15] [16] [17] [18]
In 1949, the United States, rejecting the long-standing policy of no military alliances in peacetime, formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance. In response, the Soviets formed the Warsaw Pact of communist states, leading to the "Iron Curtain". [214] In 1949, the Soviets performed their first nuclear weapon test. [208]