Originally part of Dutch territory in North America, the city of Albany was founded by Dutch fur traders as two different, Fort Nassau in 1614 and Fort Orange in 1624. A population settled in the area and formed a town that was named "Beverwijck". In 1664 the English gained control of the area and renamed the city "Albany" after the Duke of Albany, the future King of England, James II.
Originally part of Dutch territory in North America, the city of Albany was founded by Dutch fur traders as two different, Fort Nassau in 1614 and Fort Orange in 1624. A population settled in the area and formed a town that was named "Beverwijck". In 1664 the English gained control of the area and renamed the city "Albany" after the Duke of Albany, the future King of England, James II.
the dutch found albany new york
Albany, NY, originally Fort Orange, was settled by the Dutch; many street names are still the original Dutch names.
The Dutch discovered New York and Albany. They were called Fort Orange and New Amsterdam.
Some cities founded by the Dutch include New York (originally New Amsterdam), Cape Town, Jakarta (formerly Batavia), and Albany (originally Fort Orange).
Dutch explorers found present-day New York City (formerly New Amsterdam) and Albany in the state of New York.
The first Dutch settlement in Albany was named Fort Orange.
Modern Albany was founded as the Dutch trading posts of Fort Nassau in 1614 and Fort Orange in 1623, and the surrounding community known as Beverwyck.[7] The English renamed the town Albany, in honor of James II, Duke of Albany after they conquered New Netherlands in 1664.
The first Dutch settlement in the Americas was founded in 1614: Fort Nassau, on Castle Island in the Hudson, near present-day Albany. It was later replaced by Fort Oranje (in English: Fort Orange) at present-day Albany. Both forts were named in honor of the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau.
Albany has a rich Dutch heritage.
part of Michigan and New Jersey. it was later called Albany and a dutch colony.
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