Reconquest of New Netherland

Reconquest of New Netherland
	Part of Franco-Dutch War and Third Anglo-Dutch War
	; "New Amsterdam, recently called New York (Nieuw Jorck), and now retaken by the Netherlanders 24 Aug 1673"
Date	30 July 1673 (O.S.); 9 August 1673 (N.S.)
Location	Present day New York City
Result	Dutch victory Dutch recapture of New Netherland;
Belligerents
Dutch Republic	England
Commanders and leaders
Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest; Anthony Colve; Jacob Binckes	John Manning
Strength
9 ships; 600 men	100 soldiers, and fortifications of Fort James
Casualties and losses
None	100 prisoners, deaths unknown.

On 9 August 1673 (N.S.; 30 July 1673 (O.S.)), during the Third Anglo-Dutch War (which was part of the Franco-Dutch War) a combined Dutch fleet commanded by Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest of the Admiralty of Zeeland and Jacob Binckes of the Admiralty of Amsterdam recaptured New York, which had been English since the Peace of Breda of 1667. The town of New York was re-christened "New Orange" and New Netherland was re-established as a Dutch colony under governor-general Anthony Colve. The Dutch Republic, however, returned the colony to English rule under the Treaty of Westminster (1674), in exchange for the colony of Suriname, which eventually led to the replacement of governor Colve by governor Edmund Andros on 10 November 1674 (N.S.)

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