Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.

New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.

Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.

Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).

The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.

England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).

England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.