Fort Orange is the original name for Albany, NY.
Fort Orange was later a part of Albany, New York.
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The first Dutch settlement in Albany was named Fort Orange.
it was actually fort orange which is no the city of Albany
Albany was created as a Dutch West India Company trading post on the Hudson River at the site of Fort Nassau and Fort Orange as Beverwyck. It is the New York state Capital.
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.
Albany, NY, originally Fort Orange, was settled by the Dutch; many street names are still the original Dutch names.
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.
part of Michigan and New Jersey. it was later called Albany and a dutch colony.
Battle of Fort Albany happened in 1687.