[Pharmboy]

I vote for 1624

[Pharmboy]

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[Gondring]

1927

[CarrotAndStick]

Will they also rename the city back to its original, New Amsterdam?

[Daffynition]

FWIW ...use of Gregorian v Julian calendars makes for some confusion

An important note about dates during the Dutch colonial period: it is common to see dates listed as March 11/21, 1712, for example. This is due to the Dutch adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, the date it was enacted by Pope Gregory XIII. This act added days to the calendar to correct for centuries of “drift” and to realign the vernal equinox with the 25th day of March, in addition to making 1 January the official first day of the year. The British, meanwhile, continued to follow the Julian calendar until 1752, noting March 25 as the first day of each year. After September 2 of that year, the split notation of dates ceased to be necessary.

[aculeus]

bttt

[Conan the Librarian]

Funny thing about buying the island from the Indians. Those Indians didn’t own the land to start with.

They were just passing through at the right time.

(according to Mayflower by Philbrick anyway)

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks Pharmboy. It would make most sense, IMHO, to observe the anniversary of the founding of New York, and have a separate observation for the founding of New Amsterdam. :') Of course, I have roots in all three (English, Dutch, and Irish, and then some). No ping, just adding. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are Blam, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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