Petrus Stuyvesant

  • Also Known As: Peter Stuyvesant
  • Also Known As: Pieter Stuyvesant
  • Dutch Republic

Last Director-General of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. - AsNotedIn

Notable Position Organization From To
Director-General Dutch West India Company 1635

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Themes with Petrus Stuyvesant

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1612/00/00 Peter Stuyvesant is born, 1611 or 1612, in Peperga, Friesland, Netherlands. His father Balthasar Stuyvesant is pastor of the local Dutch Reformed church. Peter Stuyvesant is probably baptized here. Born Pieter Stuyvesantkerk Peperga, NL Peter Stuyvestant's Birthday
1651/03/12 Petrus Stuyvesant buys land for a bowery (farm) from the Dutch West India Company, roughly covering east of 4th Ave, from 5th St to 17th St. Owner Hamilton Fish House New York City
1651/03/12 Petrus Stuyvesant buys land for a bowery (farm) from the Dutch West India Company, roughly covering east of 4th Ave, from 5th St to 17th St. Owner St Marks-In-The-Bowery New York City
1651/03/12 Petrus Stuyvesant buys land for a bowery (farm) from the Dutch West India Company, roughly covering east of 4th Ave, from 5th St to 17th St. Owner St Mark's Historic District New York City
1651/05/25 The Dutch West India Company, under the leadership of Peter Stuyvesant, establishes Fort Casimir. The site is a no-longer existing barrier island at the end of Chestnut Street in New Castle, Delaware. Leader New Castle, DE Delaware
1656/00/00 Peter Stuyvesant grants a patent to the sleepy Dutch village of Rusdorp, a collection of freestanding structures, loosely grouped along main streets. Governor Jamaica, Queens
1658/05/31 Stuyvesant agrees to provide a garrison after Esopus demolish their separate dwellings and rebuild them in a concentrated area surround by a palisades to be better able to protect ourselves and our property against the hostile assaults of the savages. Work Kingston Stockade District Kingston, NY
1660/00/00 Petrus Stuyvesant builds the family chapel in 1660. Owner St Marks-In-The-Bowery New York City
1672/08/00 Petrus Stuyvesant dies. He is buried under the Bowery Chapel in new York City. Died St Marks-In-The-Bowery New York City
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