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Fort Amsterdam ( subsequently named Fort James, Fort Willem Hendrick, Fort James ( again ), Fort William, Fort Anne and Fort George ) was a fort on the southern tip of Manhattan that was the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then British rule of New York from 1625 until being torn down in 1790 after the American Revolution.
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The settlement, outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherland territory ( 1614 – 1664 ), was situated between 38 and 42 degrees latitude and was a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic as of 1624.
Fort Amsterdam was designated the capital of the province in 1625.
There are also some squats in the countryside such as a squatted village called Ruigoord near Amsterdam and Fort Pannerden near Nijmegen.
Schiphol's name is derived from a former fortification named Fort Schiphol which was part of the Stelling van Amsterdam defence works.
The first recorded use of shrapnel by the British was in 1804 against the Dutch at Fort Amsterdam in Surinam.
The surrender of Fort Amsterdam to English control in 1664 was formalized in 1667, contributing to the Second Anglo – Dutch War.
In 1626, Director of the WIC Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape and started the construction of Fort Amsterdam, which grew to become the main port and capital, New Amsterdam The colony expanded to outlying areas at Pavonia, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Long Island.
This led to the creation of Fort Orange ( today Albany ) and New Amsterdam ( today the New York City ).
In 1625, a Dutch fort was built on the southern end of Manhattan Island and named Fort Amsterdam.
In 1852 the Haarlemmermeer polder was reclaimed and the " Fort at the Schiphol " was created as a defense for the capital Amsterdam.
* Muizenfort, ( Mice Fort ) a 19th century fortification part of the Stelling van Amsterdam
* Fort Pampus Island is an artificial island that is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam ( Dutch: Stelling van Amsterdam ).
Fort aan den Ham ( between Uitgeest and Krommenie ) was one of the 42 forts of the Stelling van Amsterdam, a 19th Century ring of fortifications around Amsterdam which has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Village of Fort Johnson is in the south part of the town of Amsterdam, west of the city of Amsterdam.
The village of Fort Plain is at the border of the Towns of Minden and Canajoharie and is west of Amsterdam.
The largest institution in Fort George is Yeshiva University, whose main campus sits east of Amsterdam Avenue in Highbridge Park.
* Fort Johnson – The Village of Fort Johnson is located west of Amsterdam city on NY-5.
1969 ) was a mezzo-soprano and principal performer at the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and in Amsterdam, Boston, Philadelphia, Fort Worth and other US cities.
The location of the convention changes each year: Dublin, Ireland ( 2012 ), Washington, D. C., USA ( 2011 ), Amsterdam, The Netherlands ( 2010 ), Christchurch, New Zealand ( 2009 ), London, UK ( 2008 ), Charleston, SC, USA ( 2007 ), Toronto, Canada ( 2006 ), Fort Worth, TX, USA ( 2005 ), St. Louis, MO, USA ( 2004 ).
After the surrender of Fort Amsterdam by the Dutch to the British in 1664, the English governor Richard Nicolls granted the island to Captain Robert Needham.
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* 1759 – French and Indian War: in Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
* July 25 – Seven Years ' War ( French and Indian War ): In Canada, British forces capture Fort Niagara from French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
In 1836, Fort Dallas was built, and the Miami area subsequently became a site of fighting during the Second Seminole War.
They originally named the city Fort Salisbury after the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, then British prime minister, and it subsequently became known simply as Salisbury.
They subsequently built a new fort on the site, including a moat, and named it Fort Pitt.
The Indians subsequently attacked the fort, killing or kidnapping all but about 18 settlers who managed to escape to Fort Houston.
The falls of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley permitted Union troops to subsequently enter Mobile unopposed after the conclusion of the Civil War.
It was named after Aaron Barling, a soldier originally posted to Fort Gibson in Indian Territory who subsequently farmed in Arkansas.
The city was named after Gen. William Moultrie, the Revolutionary War hero after whom Fort Moultrie was named following the successful defense of Charleston, South Carolina, against the British under Peter Parker, an anniversary subsequently celebrated as Carolina Day.
The 11th-century Fort de Joux, famously remodeled and strengthen by Vauban in 1690, and subsequently by other military engineers, is situated on a natural rock outcropping in the middle of the range not far from Pontarlier.
On 9 September 1940, he was promoted to captain and subsequently served with the 80th Division at Camp Jackson, South Carolina ; Fort Benning, Georgia ; Camp Beauregard, Louisiana and Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
On 9 October, American sailors and marines under Lieutenant Jesse Elliot launched a successful boarding attack on two British brigs near Fort Erie at the head of the Niagara River and captured both ( although one subsequently ran aground and was set on fire to prevent it being recaptured ).
Chauncey and Dearborn subsequently won the Battle of Fort George on the Niagara peninsula, but they had left Sackett's Harbor defended only by a few troops, mainly militia.
A series of attractions were subsequently opened for visitors including Fort Siloso, Surrender Chamber wax museum, Musical Fountain, and the Underwater World.
He was subsequently ordered by Secretary of War James McHenry to oversee the construction of Fort Pinckney in South Carolina.
They arrived in Fort Bliss, Texas in 1945 and were subsequently moved to Huntsville, Al in 1950 ( aka Redstone arsenal ).
The Fort thus established was subsequently named in honor of Isabella II, Queen of Spain and the Indies, and was named Fuerte dela Reina Isabela Segunda.
As such it was subsequently deactivated for the last time on 22 August 2006 at Fort Carson.
The Army sent this band and the Chiricahua scouts who had tracked them to military confinement in Florida at Fort Pickens and, subsequently, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
Following the Department of Defense Unified Command Plan, Fort Buchanan came under control of U. S. Southern Command ( SOUTHCOM ), and on August 13, 1999 became the home of U. S. Army South ( USARSO ), which subsequently departed in 2003.
He subsequently established fur trading posts to further French interests at Lake Nipigon and Fort Caministigoyan at the mouth of the Kaministiquia River on Lake Superior, the site of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, probably 1684 / 85, not 1679 as many sources suggest, and at Fort St. Joseph ( Port Huron ) between Lake Erie and Huron, which was garrisoned with 50 men.
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