martedì 2 febbraio 2021

From New Amsterdam to New York

2nd February 1665: British forces capture New Amsterdam, the centre of the Dutch colony in North America. The trading settlement on the island of Manhattan is to be renamed New York in honour of the Duke of York, its new governor



Nessun commento:

Posta un commento

John Lennon marries Yoko Ono

  Fifty-one years ago today, John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married in Gibraltar: it was 20 March 1969.   After a 10-minute ceremony, the two ...