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May 6th, 1638 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
ey locate at Christiana, within the present limits of Wilmington, build a fort and erect a church within its walls, and name the territory New Sweden ......March, 1638 Minuit buys from five chiefs the Minquas territory on west side of the Delaware, from Bombay Hook to the river Schuylkill, with no western boundary specified......March 29, 1638 Protest against Swedish settlement by William Kieft, director-general of the New Netherlands, on claim of prior possession by the Dutch......May 6, 1638 Peter Minuit having been drowned in a storm at sea off the West Indies, Lieut. Peter Hollender, commissioned governor of New Sweden, arrives with new immigrants at Christiana just as the colony had resolved to break up......April 11, 1640 Dutch settlement made a few miles from Christiana under a hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643
April 11th, 1640 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
he Delaware, from Bombay Hook to the river Schuylkill, with no western boundary specified......March 29, 1638 Protest against Swedish settlement by William Kieft, director-general of the New Netherlands, on claim of prior possession by the Dutch......May 6, 1638 Peter Minuit having been drowned in a storm at sea off the West Indies, Lieut. Peter Hollender, commissioned governor of New Sweden, arrives with new immigrants at Christiana just as the colony had resolved to break up......April 11, 1640 Dutch settlement made a few miles from Christiana under a hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swed
November 2nd, 1640 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
t Swedish settlement by William Kieft, director-general of the New Netherlands, on claim of prior possession by the Dutch......May 6, 1638 Peter Minuit having been drowned in a storm at sea off the West Indies, Lieut. Peter Hollender, commissioned governor of New Sweden, arrives with new immigrants at Christiana just as the colony had resolved to break up......April 11, 1640 Dutch settlement made a few miles from Christiana under a hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the Indians, and erect Fort Casimir, now New Castle......July 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his s
February 15th, 1643 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
..May 6, 1638 Peter Minuit having been drowned in a storm at sea off the West Indies, Lieut. Peter Hollender, commissioned governor of New Sweden, arrives with new immigrants at Christiana just as the colony had resolved to break up......April 11, 1640 Dutch settlement made a few miles from Christiana under a hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the Indians, and erect Fort Casimir, now New Castle......July 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in-law, Johan Pappegoia, governor of the colony......October, 1652 Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at Fort Casimir, in
March 11th, 1644 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
ff the West Indies, Lieut. Peter Hollender, commissioned governor of New Sweden, arrives with new immigrants at Christiana just as the colony had resolved to break up......April 11, 1640 Dutch settlement made a few miles from Christiana under a hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the Indians, and erect Fort Casimir, now New Castle......July 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in-law, Johan Pappegoia, governor of the colony......October, 1652 Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at Fort Casimir, in the ship Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the colony
July 19th, 1651 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
ereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the Indians, and erect Fort Casimir, now New Castle......July 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in-law, Johan Pappegoia, governor of the colony......October, 1652 Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at Fort Casimir, in the ship Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the colony in New Sweden, demands its surrender, takes the fort without bloodshed, and renames it Fort Trinity......May, 1654 Vice-Governor Pappegoia returning to Sweden soon, Rising assumes supreme authority as director-general of New Sweden......1654
October, 1652 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
en, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the Indians, and erect Fort Casimir, now New Castle......July 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in-law, Johan Pappegoia, governor of the colony......October, 1652 Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at Fort Casimir, in the ship Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the colony in New Sweden, demands its surrender, takes the fort without bloodshed, and renames it Fort Trinity......May, 1654 Vice-Governor Pappegoia returning to Sweden soon, Rising assumes supreme authority as director-general of New Sweden......1654 Gov. Peter Stuyvesant of Manhattan captures forts Trinity and Christiana, sends to Europe all Swedes refusing allegia
1654 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
uly 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in-law, Johan Pappegoia, governor of the colony......October, 1652 Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at Fort Casimir, in the ship Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the colony in New Sweden, demands its surrender, takes the fort without bloodshed, and renames it Fort Trinity......May, 1654 Vice-Governor Pappegoia returning to Sweden soon, Rising assumes supreme authority as director-general of New Sweden......1654 Gov. Peter Stuyvesant of Manhattan captures forts Trinity and Christiana, sends to Europe all Swedes refusing allegiance to Holland, and brings the colony under Dutch rule......Sept. 16-25, 1655 Governor Rising and companions embark for Sweden on the De Waag, and bid farewell to Delaware......Oct. 1, 1655 Stuyvesant commissions Johan Paul Jaquet governor of the Dutch colony on the Delaware, who selects Fort Casimir as his residence......Nov. 29, 1655 Swedes arriving on the ship
May, 1654 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
stiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the Indians, and erect Fort Casimir, now New Castle......July 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in-law, Johan Pappegoia, governor of the colony......October, 1652 Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at Fort Casimir, in the ship Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the colony in New Sweden, demands its surrender, takes the fort without bloodshed, and renames it Fort Trinity......May, 1654 Vice-Governor Pappegoia returning to Sweden soon, Rising assumes supreme authority as director-general of New Sweden......1654 Gov. Peter Stuyvesant of Manhattan captures forts Trinity and Christiana, sends to Europe all Swedes refusing allegiance to Holland, and brings the colony under Dutch rule......Sept. 16-25, 1655 Governor Rising and companions embark for Sweden on the De Waag, and bid farewell to Delaware......Oct. 1, 1655 Stuyvesant commissions Johan Paul Jaquet gover
September 16th, 1655 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
e ship Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the colony in New Sweden, demands its surrender, takes the fort without bloodshed, and renames it Fort Trinity......May, 1654 Vice-Governor Pappegoia returning to Sweden soon, Rising assumes supreme authority as director-general of New Sweden......1654 Gov. Peter Stuyvesant of Manhattan captures forts Trinity and Christiana, sends to Europe all Swedes refusing allegiance to Holland, and brings the colony under Dutch rule......Sept. 16-25, 1655 Governor Rising and companions embark for Sweden on the De Waag, and bid farewell to Delaware......Oct. 1, 1655 Stuyvesant commissions Johan Paul Jaquet governor of the Dutch colony on the Delaware, who selects Fort Casimir as his residence......Nov. 29, 1655 Swedes arriving on the ship Mercurius, not knowing of the change in government, attempt to ascend the river and land, but are dismissed by the Dutch without bloodshed......March 24, 1656 Governor-general and counci
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