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The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1528. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624.
The colony and New Amsterdam were both renamed New York (and "Beverwijck" was renamed Albany) after its new proprietor, James II later King of England, Ireland and Scotland, who was at the time Duke of York and Duke of Albany [Note 2] The population of New Netherland at the time of English takeover was 7,000–8,000.
The history of New York City (1665–1783) began with the establishment of English rule over Dutch New Amsterdam and New Netherland.As the newly renamed City of New York and surrounding areas developed, there was a growing independent feeling among some, but the area was divided in its loyalties.
New York Yacht Club founded. 1845 Bowery Theatre opens. New York City Police Department, and New York Art Union [21] established. Fire. [38] 1846 – Stewart Dry Goods Store built. [34] 1847 Free Academy of the City of New York founded (later City College of New York). [21] [7] Madison Square Park and Astor Opera House open. Grace Church built.
7. New York (1624) In 1624 the Dutch West India Co. founded New York City but called it New Amsterdam.Located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, the settlement was intended to serve as a ...
The area of present-day Manhattan was originally part of Lenape territory. [1] 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.
In 1617, officials of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherland created a settlement at present-day Albany, and in 1624 founded New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island.The Dutch colony included claims to an area comprising all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine in addition to eastern ...
The history of New York City has been influenced by the prehistoric geological formation during the last glacial period of the territory that is today New York City.The area was shortly inhabited by the Lenape; after initial European exploration in the 17th century, the Dutch established New Amsterdam in 1624.