1653
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In 1653, the town of New Amsterdam, which had been established by Dutch colonists in America in the 1620s, became a city. Eleven years later, New Amsterdam was attacked and taken by the English, who renamed it New York. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])
