New Amsterdam
10 Things the Dutch Introduced to America
In 1609 when Henry Hudson sailed up the river that would eventually bear his name, he did so under the
New Amsterdam’s Gay Scene: The Queer Case of Harmen van den Bogaert in Early NYC
A redrawn version of the 1664 Castello map of New Amsterdam. Image via Wikimedia Commons In his book, The Island
Today in NYC History: In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant Takes the Reins in New Netherland
Stuyvesant at the invasion of New Amsterdam by English forces in 1664. Image via Wikimedia Commons New Amsterdam in the
Today in NYC History: How The Dutch Actually Bought Manhattan (The Long Version)
1916 Redrawing of The Castello Plan, map of 1660 New Amsterdam via Wikimedia Commons. On May 4, 1626, Peter Minuit
Today in NYC History: A 1643 Massacre of the Lenape Almost Dooms New Amsterdam
By the early 1640s, New Amsterdam had found its identity as a cosmopolitan trade capital, but it was almost wiped
Today in NYC History: Residents of New Amsterdam Win Recognition from the Dutch Government in 1653
New Yorkers have been agitators and disrupters from the start, even back when New Amsterdam was just a small settlement
On This Day in NYC History, December 2: 1657 Legislation Banned Household Goods as a Method of Payment for Liquor
On December 2nd 1657, The Nieuw Amsterdam City Council ruled that Tavernkeepers could not sell liquor in exchange for household
