We wrześniu 1664 roku Holendrzy przekazali Anglikom miasto Nowy Amsterdam, który otrzymał wkrótce nazwę Nowy Jork na cześć księcia Yorku.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGzlh8FAo-A
Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. Stuyvesant had hoped to resist the English, but he was an unpopular ruler, and his Dutch subjects refused to rally around him. Following its capture, New Amsterdam’s name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, who organized the mission.
Read more :https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york
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