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- former Dutch colony on the east coast of North America
- own name: Nieuw Nederland
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1624–1667,
Flag of the Netherlands,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flaggen Enzyklopädie
1621–1660,
Flag of the Dutch West India Company
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Wikipedia (NL)
The in 1621 founded Colony of New Netherlands was created by the Dutch West India Company. Its flag showed the Dutch colours of that times, three horizontal stripes in orange, white and blue, and the white stripe was added in the middle by the initials GWC. They stand for "Geoctroyeerde West India Company". In the colony itself, the then flag of the Netherlands was used, three horizontal stripes of orange, white and blue. Around 1660, the process of switching to today's colors of the Netherlands red, white and blue began, which lasted for years and was not fully completed until 1796 with the official introduction.
Source:
Volker Preuß, Flaggen Enzyklopädie
Position of New Netherland:
Source: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuß
Area: ca. 85.000 square miles (1664)
Inhabitants: ca. 8.000 (1664)
Capital: Nieuw Amsterdam (New York)
Source:
Wikipedia (EN)
about 7000 B.C. · settlement by Indians (Lenni Lenape)
1496 · the English seafarer John Cabot explores the coast
16th century · Spanish, Portuguese and French navigators reach the coast
1609 · the English seafarer Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Peninsula
1614 · founding of Fort Nassau, the first Dutch settlement
1621 · founding of the Dutch colony New Netherlands
1624 · founding of New Amsterdam
1626 · founding of New Amsterdam (now New York)
1630 · the Dutch built Fort Zwaanendael, the present town of Lewes
1631 · Fort Zwaanendael is destroyed by the Indians
March 1638 · the Swedes built Fort Christiana, the present city of Wilmington
1651 · the Dutch built Fort Casimir, now the city of New Castle
1654 · the Swedes capture Fort Casimir
1655 · the Dutch conquer New Sweden, and annex it as New Amstel to their colony of New Netherland
1664 · the British conquer New Netherland and annex it to their colony of New York
1667 · Peace of Breda, in exchange for the colony of New Amsterdam (New York), the Dutch West India Company receives Suriname and British Guiana from England
1673–1674 · the Dutch conquer New Netherlands temporarily back
1674 · the Netherlands cede the city officially in the Peace of Westminster
Source:
Weltgeschichte, Wikipedia (DE)
The name "New Netherland" goes back to the name of one of the first ships that brought colonists to the country. The official name for the country was: "Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ", or "Nova Belgica" or "Novum Belgium", that means "New Belgica". It should remember the former Roman province of Belgica.
Source: Wikipedia (DE), Volker Preuß
