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New Netherland

17th-century Dutch colony on the East Coast of North America
Organization colony Q382593
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Summary

New Netherland is a colony[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of colony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,691 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Dutch Republic[3]
  • Continent: North America[4]
  • Instance of: historical country[5]
  • Capital: New Amsterdam[6]
  • Official language: Dutch[7], English[8], French[9]
  • Currency: Reichsthaler[10]
  • Flag: States Flag[11]
  • Commons category: New Netherland[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1609[13]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1667[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Netherland[15]
  • Commons gallery: Nieuw Nederland[16]
  • Described by source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]
  • Replaced by: Province of New York[19], Delaware Colony[20], Province of New Jersey[21]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in New Netherland[22]
  • Native label: Nieuw-Nederland[23]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from New Netherland[24]
  • Different from: New Netherlands[25]

Why It Matters

New Netherland has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Anne Hutchinson Dutch Republic New Amsterdam

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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