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.
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