February 19, 2014

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam

I'm not quite sure how they managed it, but on this day in 1674, the Treaty of Westminster concluded the Third Anglo-Dutch War in which the Netherlands were victorious but ceded the city of New Amsterdam to England who promptly named it New York.
I suppose the Dutch don't mind so much after 140 years. Plus, they got Suriname.

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