History
See also: History of New York City (1665–1783)On May 4, 1626, officials of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherland founded New Amsterdam, which subsequently became New York City.
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“Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“To history therefore I must refer for answer, in which it would be an unhappy passage indeed, which should shew by what fatal indulgence of subordinate views and passions, a contest for an atom had defeated well founded prospects of giving liberty to half the globe.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“Perhaps universal history is the history of the diverse intonation of some metaphors.”
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