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aug 27, 1664 - English Capture of New Amsterdam

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With the English Capture of New Amsterdam, the Dutch colony of the New Netherland was lost to the English. This ended Dutch presence in North America and brought most of the East Coast of the present-day United States under English control.

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aug 27, 1664
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~ 362 years ago