New Netherland

New Netherland was a colony in Eastern Woodlands (North America) that lasted from 1614 to 1664 CE, about 50 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Dutch fur-trading colony on the Hudson River, whose capital New Amsterdam stood on Manhattan. England seized it in 1664 and renamed it New York.

See New Netherland on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1614 to 1664 CE

Duration

50 years

Type

Colony

Region

Eastern Woodlands, North America

Language family

Germanic

Capital

New Amsterdam

Came from

• New Sweden 1638 to 1655 CE

Became

• Thirteen Colonies 1607 to 1776 CE

Neighbours in North America

• New France 1534 to 1763 CE
• Thirteen Colonies 1607 to 1776 CE
• Spanish Florida 1565 to 1821 CE
• Santa Fe de Nuevo México 1598 to 1821 CE
• Acadia 1604 to 1713 CE
• New Sweden 1638 to 1655 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia

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