In 1866 it was annexed by Prussia, together with the Free City of Frankfurt, Hesse-Homburg and the duchy of Nassau, which established the province of Hesse-Nassau.

In the northern section, this is where some tributaries join the St. Marys River, while in the south a number of tributaries drain together into the Nassau River, which flows into the Nassau Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.

In 1931, estate owners banded together to win village incorporation to head off what they saw as undesirable residential and commercial development in other parts of Nassau County.

The MTA has the responsibility for developing and implementing a unified mass transportation policy for the New York metropolitan area, including all five boroughs of New York City and the suburban counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester, all of which together are the " Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District ( MCTD )".

Perhaps it ended up with the Altmünster Convent, which might then have passed it on in 1414, together with a third of the Heidesheim court, to Archbishop of Mainz John II of Nassau.

According to Emerson, " everybody but me wanted to get the hell out of Nassau ... in the end I stuck the whole album together ... and sent it off to Atlantic ".

His brother Guido Sandberger ( 1821 – 1869 ) was an authority on fossil cephalopoda, and together they published Die Versteinerungen des rheinischen Schichiensystems in Nassau ( 1850 – 1856 ).

The defeat and death of Adolf of Nassau at the hands of Albert of Habsburg also worked to the disadvantage of the English, for all the efforts to revive the anti-French coalition came to nothing when Philip made an alliance with the new king of the Romans.

At the other are organizations like the newly formed Nassau Library System, in a high-density area, with ample resources and a rapidly growing territory to serve.

In Nassau County, for example, the heavily settled Long Island suburb of New York City, the system is credited by the state with serving one million persons, a figure that has doubled since 1950.

The Nassau system recognizes that its major task it to broaden reference service, what with the constant expansion of education and knowledge, and the pressure of population growth in a metropolitan area.

He could imagine her at this minute, honeymooning in Nassau with what's-his-name, lounging on golden sands, looking forward to a life of unalloyed bliss.

He didn't know what was so tough about Vivian's world, slopping around Nassau with what's-his-name.

After some political maneuvering, the Dutch Calvinists were able to convince Prince Maurice of Nassau to deal with the situation.

Construction of four Nassau class battleships began in 1907 with the greatest possible secrecy.

The first recorded exploration by the Dutch of the area around what is now called New York Bay was in 1609 with the voyage of the ship Halve Maen or " Half Moon ", captained by Henry Hudson, in the service of the Dutch Republic, as the emissary of Holland's stadholder Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.

* 1965 – The burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.

This recording also established the band's long term recording studio relationship with the famous Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas.

* November 13 – The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks off Nassau, with the loss of 90 lives.

: No more unworthy treaty with Nassau!

In 1696 Henry Every ( or Avery ), using the assumed name Henry Bridgeman, brought his ship Fancy, loaded with pirate's loot, into Nassau harbor.

The " pirates ' republic " came to an end in 1718, when Woodes Rogers, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas, reached Nassau with a small fleet of warships.

Woodes Rogers arrived in Nassau in late July 1718, with his own 460 ton warship, three other ships belonging to his company, and escorted by three ships of the Royal Navy.

Rogers worked to improve the defenses of Nassau, but an unidentified disease killed almost 100 of the men who had come to Nassau with Rogers, and then the Navy ships left.

In Nassau Rackham became involved with Anne Bonny and tried to arrange an annulment of her marriage to another ex-pirate, James Bonny.

Rogers blocked the annulment, and Rackham and Bonny left Nassau to be pirates again, taking a small crew and Bonny's friend Mary Read with them.

Europeans came to the Delaware Valley in the early 17th century, with the first settlements founded by the Dutch, who in 1623 built Fort Nassau on the Delaware River opposite the Schuylkill River in what is now Brooklawn, New Jersey.

# France within its old borders, the Northern Netherlands unified with the Southern Netherlands and all of German territories on the left bank of the Rhine and north of the Moselle and the old Duchy of Berg and the old Lands of Nassau on the right bank of the Rhine.

In this period of its history, the city became the target of various occupations, starting in May 1572 with the Protestant takeover by Louis of Nassau, who had hoped to clear the way for the French Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny to oppose Spanish rule.

The village is situated in Nassau County and creates a portion of Nassau's eastern border with Suffolk County.

North Hempstead is the only town on Long Island that does not have a corresponding hamlet or village in its borders with the same name ; Hempstead and Oyster Bay in Nassau County and the towns of Huntington, Babylon, Islip, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, Shelter Island and East Hampton in Suffolk County all have smaller subdivisions with the same name.

In order from West to East, these include West Gilgo Beach ( on the Nassau / Suffolk county border ), Gilgo Beach, Cedar Beach ( no residences ), Oak Beach ( including the Oak Island Beach Association ), Oak Island and Captree Island.

The Native Americans in Suffolk County, as opposed to Nassau County ( then a part of Queens County ) got along well with the white English.

All of the 109 Voleenteer Fire Departments in Suffolk County were activated along with 15 from Nassau County, although only 90 Departments were sent to the secne.

In 2005, two historians / preservationists voiced their intentions of preserving what undeveloped portions of original Long Island Motor Parkway pavement remain for use as part of a historical hike / bike trail ( minus the existing Queens trail segment ), submitting a formal proposal to Nassau County, Suffolk County, the Long Island Power Authority ( which uses several portions of the old right-of-way to run powerlines ) and the State of New York.

Founded in 1653, it is located on the north shore of Long Island in northwestern Suffolk County, with Long Island Sound to its north and Nassau County adjacent to the west.

* This is the minimum age that is legal to buy tobacco products in the states Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey, Utah and several counties in New York including Nassau, Suffolk, and Onondaga.

Located midway between Montauk Point 70 miles to the east and Manhattan 50 miles to the west, MacArthur Airport serves primarily the three million residents of Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Small civil actions are heard by courts of more-limited jurisdiction, such as the District Court in Nassau County, and the District Court in the five western towns of Suffolk County.

Misdemeanor criminal cases can be heard by the New York City Criminal Court, by the District Court in Nassau County, and by the District Court in the five western towns of Suffolk County.

The League's 2003 statement about membership claimed 15, 000 members in Nassau and Suffolk counties of New York alone.

It once included all of Long Island, but it gave up its territory in Nassau County and Suffolk County in 1957 to the Diocese of Rockville Centre.

Five members, in addition to the Chairman and CEO, are directly nominated by the Governor of New York, with four recommended by New York City ’ s mayor, and one each by the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties.

Rochford and Lucy first lived at Easton in Suffolk, a property inherited from his uncle Henry Nassau, and they only moved to the family seat at St Osyth in Essex after the death of Rochford ’ s mother in 1746.

The Archives at Queens Library, formerly known as the Long Island Division, is a special collection in the Central Library building that focuses on the history of Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties.

Indeed, the border today between Connecticut and New York, and between Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island, are, with some minor adjustments, those negotiated in 1650.

Broome, Chautauqua, Chemung, Dutchess, Erie, Herkimer, Monroe, Nassau, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Schenectady, Suffolk, Tompkins, and Westchester.

The Southern Parkway, distinct from the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties, is located entirely within the median of Conduit Boulevard ( NY 27 ) between Cross Bay Boulevard and Brookville Boulevard.

The island straddles the county line between Nassau and Suffolk counties and includes the Census-designated place of Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree, New York.

Newsday is an American daily newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.

In 2004, the alternative weekly newspaper Long Island Press wrote that Newsday has used its clout to influence local politics in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

* Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., New York State Senator, 8th District, representing the South Shore of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.