Conquest of New Netherland
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The conquest of New Netherland occurred in 1664 as an English expedition led by Richard Nicolls that arrived in New York Harbor effected a peaceful capture of New Amsterdam and Fort Amsterdam, and the
"The Fall of New Amsterdam" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
A 1664 illustration of New Netherland
Landing of the English at New Amsterdam 1664
Reconquest of New Netherland
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On 9 August 1673, during the Third Anglo-Dutch War a combined Dutch fleet commanded by Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest of the Admiralty of Zeeland and Jacob Binckes of the Admiralty of Amsterdam recapt
New Amsterdam retaken by the Netherlanders on 24 Aug 1673