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> In 1664, the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it New York after the Duke of York (later James II & VII). That’s a good 300 years before 1990 :) h
by andruby 3y ago
> In 1664, the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it New York after the Duke of York (later James II & VII).
That’s a good 300 years before 1990 :)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam
- dmoy 3y agoGP is talking about an imaginary hypothetical situation in which NYC would be dutch held until the 1990s, not the real-world timeline