Chronology

1624

• May 2 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding the town of New Amsterdam (now called Financial District). The town will transform into a piece of New York.

1634

• June 11 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding De Vries Dorp (now called Elizabethtown). The village will transform into a piece of Metropolis.

1635

• March 20 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding the town of Poningo Nek (now called Rye). The town will transform into a piece of Metropolis.
• July 9 – The Dano–Norwegians settle __________, founding the town of Harlow (now called West Harlow). The town will transform into a piece of Gotham.

1638

• April 14 – The English settle the New Haven Colony, founding New Haven, the first planned city in America. The city will transform into a piece of New Haven County.
• June 28 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding the town of Heemstede (now spelled Hamstead). The town will transform into a piece of Metropolis.

1639

• April 7 – The English settle the New Haven Colony, founding the town of Fairfield. The town will transform into a piece of Fairfield County.
• April 15 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding the town of Oyster Bay. The town will transform into a piece of Nassau County.
• July 18 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding the town of Emmaus (now called Allerton). The town will transform into a piece of New York.

1642

• March 7 – The Dutch settle the New Netherland, founding the town of [Queens#Ridgewood|Maspeth]] (now called Ridgewood). The town will transform into a piece of New York.

1646

• March 17 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding the town of Sint-Maarten (now spelled St. Martin). The town will transform into a piece of Metropolis.
• July 25 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding the town of Breuckelen (now called Flatlands). THe town will transform into a piece of New York.

1651

• July 30 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding the town of Senre Ville (now spelled Senreville). The town will transform into a piece of Metropolis

1661

• April 9 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding Oude Dorp (now called New Dorp). The town will transform into a piece of New York.
• April 29 – The Dutch settle New Netherland, founding Fort Hob (now called Metropolis Bay). The fort will transform into a piece of Metropolis.

1666

• May 10 – The English crown colony of Connecticut is subdivided into Fairfield County, Hartford County, New Haven County, and New London County.

1674

• November 10 – As provided in the Treaty of Westminster of February 19, the Dutch Republic cedes its colony of New Netherland to England. This includes the colonial capital, New Orange, which is returned to its English name of New York. The colonies of Berbice and Essequibo (now Guyana), and Suriname, remain in Dutch hands.

1683

• November 1 – The English crown colony of New York is subdivided into Albany County, Cornwall County (now part of Maine), Duchess County (now spelled Dutchess), Dukes County (now part of Massachusetts), Kings County, New York County, Orange County, Queens County, Richmond County, Suffolk County, Ulster County, and Westhcester County.

1620

• July 9 – __________

1630

• March 7 – __________

1632

• June 5 – __________

1840

• September 28 – __________

Somerset July 9, 1620

Burnley March 7, 1630

Coventry June 5, 1632

Gotham May 31, 1635

Hudson County September 28, 1840