hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for September 8th, 1664 AD or search for September 8th, 1664 AD in all documents.

Your search returned 3 results in 3 document sections:

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, colony of (search)
of New England covered the domain of New Netherland. In the spring of 1664 Charles II. granted to his brother James, Duke of York, all New Netherland, including the region of country between the Hudson and Delaware rivers; and in August the same year an English fleet appeared before New Amsterdam and demanded its surrender. Governor Stuyvesant resisted for a while, but was compelled to comply, and the whole territory claimed by the Dutch passed into the possession of the English on Sept. 8, 1664. At the treaty of peace between England and Holland, the Dutch were allowed to New York City Hall and docks in 1679. retain the colony of Surinam, in Guiana, England retaining New York. Edmund Andros was appointed governor, and a formal surrender of the province occurred in October. In 1683 Thomas Dongan became governor, and, under instructions from the Duke of York, he called an assembly of representatives chosen by the people, and a charter of liberties was given to the colonist
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, State of (search)
vember, 1894, materially restricting the proportionate representation of New York and Kings counties. Population in 1890, 5,997,853; in 1900, 7,268,012. See United States, New York, in vol. IX. governors of New York. Under the Dutch. Name.Term. Cornelius Jacobsen May 1624 William Verhulst1625 Peter MinuitMay 4, 1626 to 1633 Wouter Van Twiller April, 1633 to 1638 William KieftMarch 28, 1638 to 1647 Peter Stuyvesant May 11, 1647 to 1664 Under the English. Richard NicollsSept. 8, 1664 to 1668 Francis LovelaceAug. 17, 1668to 1673 Dutch resumed. Anthony Colve1673 to 1674 English resumed. Edmund AndrosNov. 10, 1674 to 1683 Thomas DonganAug. 27, 1683 1688 Francis Nicholson.1688 to 1689 Jacob LeislerJune 3, 1689to 1691 Henry SloughterMarch 19, 1691 Richard IngoldsbyJuly 26, 1691 1692 Benjamin FletcherAug. 30, 1692 1698 Richard, Earl Bellomont1698 1701 John Nanfan 1701 to 1702 Lord CornburyMay 3, 1702 to 1708 John, Lord Lovelace Dec. 18, 1708 to 1709 Ric
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
of Rensselaerwyck, chairman, as being from the oldest colonie ......April 10, 1664 It is decided to be impossible to take active measures against the English, who were six tines their number, and could bring overwhelming aid from Hartford......April 22, 1664 Mohegans devastate the east side of the Hudson......July 11, 1664 Population of New Amsterdam, 1,500; of the province, 10,000......1664 English squadron at Nyack Bay......Aug. 28, 1664 Surrender of Fort Amsterdam......Sept. 8, 1664 Surrender of Fort Orange. Sept. 20, 1664 First treaty between the English and the Iroquois; this friendship continues for over a century......Sept. 24, 1664. Name of New Amsterdam changed to New York and Fort Orange to Albany......1664 Dutch government denounces the conquest of New Netherland and demands its restitution......Nov. 6, 1664 West India Company recalls Stuyvesant......Nov. 28, 1664 Principal Dutch residents, including Governor Stuyvesant and Van Rensselaer,