Timeline
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1609
Henry Hudson sails into New York Harbor and up the Hudson River, claiming the land for the Dutch.
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1614
The Dutch establish Fort Nassau, their first fur trading post, in the present-day Port of Albany. It is flooded out 3 years later.
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1624
The Dutch build Fort Orange near where Fort Nassau used to stand.
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1625
The Dutch purchase Manhattan Island from local American Indians and establish New Amsterdam. More forts follow in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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1629
Various patroons bring settlers to New Netherland. Kiliaen van Rensselaer settles people near Fort Orange.
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1643
Arent van Curler builds "the best farm."
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1652
The town of Beverwijck is established north of Fort Orange.
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1664
The English take New Netherland from the Dutch. New names are assigned. Beverwijck becomes Albany, New Amsterdam becomes New York.
