1638

From New York

[edit] Events

• 28 March: Willem Kieft arrives to replace Wouter Van Twiller as director-general, as does the colony's first schoolmaster, Adam Roelantsen.
• May: Solider Gerrit Jansen is stabbed in brawl; he is New Amsterdam's first recorded murder victim.
• 1 August: Kieft purchases the site of Bushwick from the Keskaechquerem with goods including axes and cloth.

1637	17th century 1630s	1639