Fort Amsterdam

fort on the southern tip of Manhattan, New York during the colonial period (1625–1788)
AdministrativeArea fort Q633264
Fort Amsterdam
Johannes Vingboons (cartographer), Jacques Cortelyou (surveyor) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Fort Amsterdam

Summary

Fort Amsterdam is a fort[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Amsterdam is located in New York[3].
  • Fort Amsterdam is in the country of New Netherland[4].
  • Fort Amsterdam is in the country of Dutch Empire[5].
  • Fort Amsterdam is in the country of United States[6].
  • Fort Amsterdam's instance of is recorded as fort[7].
  • Fort Amsterdam's instance of is recorded as destroyed building or structure[8].
  • Fort Amsterdam's architect is recorded as Cryn Fredericks[9].
  • Fort Amsterdam's Commons category is recorded as Fort Amsterdam[10].
  • Fort Amsterdam's occupant is recorded as Dutch West India Company[11].
  • 1625 marks the founding of Fort Amsterdam[12].
  • Fort Amsterdam's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.704, 'lon': -74.0137}[13].
  • Fort Amsterdam's described at URL is recorded as https://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/en/Amsterdam-fort-(New-York).154c[14].
  • Fort Amsterdam's facet of is recorded as list of New York City historical anniversaries[15].
  • Fort Amsterdam's described by source is recorded as FortWiki[16].
  • Fort Amsterdam's different from is recorded as Fort Amsterdam[17].
  • Fort Amsterdam's different from is recorded as Fort Amsterdam[18].
  • Fort Amsterdam's different from is recorded as Fort Amsterdam[19].
  • Fort Amsterdam's different from is recorded as Fort Amsterdam[20].
  • Fort Amsterdam's different from is recorded as Fort Amsterdam[21].
  • Fort Amsterdam's different from is recorded as Fort Amsterdam[22].
  • Fort Amsterdam's different from is recorded as Fort Amsterdam[23].

Body

Geography

Country listings include New Netherland[4], a colony[24], in Dutch Republic[25], founded in 1609[26]; Dutch Empire[5], a historical country[27], in Netherlands[28], founded in 1624[29]; and United States[6], a sovereign state[30], in United States[31], founded in 1776[32]. Fort Amsterdam is located in New York[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include fort[7] and destroyed building or structure[8].

History and Context

1625 marks the founding of Fort Amsterdam[12].

Why It Matters

Fort Amsterdam ranks in the top 4% of fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Atlas of Mutual Heritage. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Atlas of Mutual Heritage. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1625-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinates
    Occupant Dutch West India Company
    Located in the administrative territorial entity New York
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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