New Netherlands was renamed New York after the Duke of York.
That would have been New Amsterdam. Established by the Dutch on what is now Manhatten. The English renamed it New York.
New York
Holland (The Netherlands). The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle New York City, in about 1624. When the English took control in 1664, they renamed it New York.
The country that won New Amsterdam from Dutch colonists and then soon renamed it New York was Great Britain. This conflict occurred in 1664-1665 during a brief war between Great Britain and the Netherlands.
When the British seized New Netherlands in 1664, the colony was renamed for James, the Duke of York and Duke of Albany, who became king as James II in 1685.
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James, the Duke of York received control of New Netherlands in 1664 from the Dutch and renamed the colony New York. New York City was originally named New Amsterdam while it was controlled by the Dutch.
In 1664 the British seized the New Netherlands.
The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it, "New York."
In 1664, English warships
The English took over New Netherland in 1664.