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Nicolls, without bloodshed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372648278#July–September", "title": "1664", "revid": 1372648278, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 27", "text": "27 September – Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372941052#Events", "title": "1664 in England", "revid": 1372941052, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1665, "year_label": "1665 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988545#April–June", "title": "1665", "revid": 1365988545, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1665, 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This includes the colonial capital, New Orange, which is returned to its English name of New York. The colonies of Surinam, Essequibo and Berbice remain in Dutch hands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365128656#October–December", "title": "1674", "revid": 1365128656, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1674, "year_label": "1674 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 10", "text": "10 November – as provided in the Treaty of Westminster of 19 February, the Dutch Republic cedes its colony of New Netherland to England. This includes the colonial capital, New Orange, which is returned to its English name of New York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737452#Events", "title": "1674 in England", "revid": 1353737452, "section": "Events"}}]}