| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1614/03/27 | Merchants in Holland create "The United New Netherland Company" and obtain from the States-General at the Hague the right to trade with the inhabitants near the Hudson River for a period of three years beginning 1 January 1615. | The Hague, Netherlands |
| 1664/09/06 | Peter Stuyvesant sends Johannes de Decker and five others to sign the Articles of Capitulation ceding New Netherlands to the English. Oloff van Cortlandt is one of the commissioners who negotiated the terms of surrender. | |
| 1664/09/08 | After sending numerous war ships to New Amsterdam, the English demand the surrender of New Netherland. | |
| 1664/09/24 | Vice-director of New Netherland Johannes de Montagne surrenders Fort Orange to the English, and Colonel George Cartwright takes command. | Fort Orange Archeological Site, Albany |
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