22 March 1664 A.D. “Yes, Thank You, I’ll Have the Hudson Valley & New Amsterdam:” King Charles II’s Land Grant to Brother James (Later James II)
22 March 1664 A.D. “Yes, Thank You, I’ll Have the Hudson Valley & New Amsterdam:” King Charles II’s Land Grant to Brother James (Later James II) Editors. No title. This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/march-22/ . Accessed 20 Mar 2015. 1664 – Charles II gave large tracks of land from west of the Connecticut River to the east of Delaware Bay in North America to his brother James, the Duke of York and Albany. The entire Hudson Valley and New Amsterdam was given to James.