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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · 27d

Coming up on YouTube: a bonus episode of New Amsterdam, all about Pirates and Privateers who visited the New Amsterdam port and how the West India Company exploited these marauders of the sea.

Defragged History Newsletter #9

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Sep 26

Big updates in the latest newsletter! (It's a long one)

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September 2025

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Sep 15

Spoilers!
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#geschiedenisontrafeld

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List of chapters for the first episode of a series about the Eighty Years War in Dutch

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

New Amsterdam Episode 9 premieres on September 4, 2025 at 6 PM CET.
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New Amsterdam | The Origins of New York - YouTube

“New Amsterdam” tells a captivating and compelling story of ambition, exploration, and adventure in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland. Long Island, Staten I...

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

Get ready! The 9th and final episode of New Amsterdam is coming! In "'Tis Now Called New York", Director-General Pieter Stuyvesant has to defend New Amsterdam against English invaders, but can he rely on the New Netherland residents to help him?

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jul 31

New Amsterdam Episode 8 is here, with the Esopus War, and King Charles II and his brother James the Duke of York plotting to seize New Netherland.

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Early American History | New Amsterdam | 8 | Mad for a Dutch War

New Amsterdam | The Origins of New York - YouTube

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jul 25

New Amsterdam Episode 8 should arrive on July 31, 2025, at 18:00 CET. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

“New Amsterdam” tells a captivating and compelling story of ambition, exploration, and adventure in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland. Long Island, Staten I...

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jul 25

In "Mad for a Dutch War" the Esopus Indians seek revenge against the Dutch colonists and launch a deadly war, while a newly instated King Charles II and his brother James, the Duke of York, plot to destroy Dutch trade and take all of New Netherland.

Early American History | 7 | New Amsterdam takes on New Sweden | Origina of New York City

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jul 19

Eighty Years' War Reenactors "Compagnie Te Voet" does military drills at Pinksterzaan, Zaanse Schans. June 9, 2025. #reenactors

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jul 17

Episode 7 of New Amsterdam is now available on YouTube. Will Pieter Stuyvesant kick out the Swedes, and can he prevent New Netherland from being destroyed during several attacks?

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New Amsterdam | The Origins of New York - YouTube

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jul 11

New Amsterdam Ep. 7 drops on July 17, 2025 @18:00 CET.
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“New Amsterdam” tells a captivating and compelling story of ambition, exploration, and adventure in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland. Long Island, Staten I...

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jul 11

In "From Above to Below," Director-General Pieter Stuyvesant besieges the Swedes in Nye Sverige, rushes back to New Amsterdam caught up in the so-called Peach War, and targets religious groups prompting residents to write "The Flushing Remonstrance" in support of the Quakers.

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jul 3

New Amsterdam episode 6 introduces the De Witt Brothers, features the first Anglo-Dutch War, plus Oliver Cromwell's plan to take over New Netherland by force which prompts Director-General Pieter Stuyvesant to build a wall.
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How the First Anglo-Dutch War Nearly Destroyed New Amsterdam | History of New York

5. New Amsterdam - Line in the Sand | Early History of New York

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jun 12

Episode 5 of New Amsterdam is here! Learn all about the early days of what is now New York!

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Beyond New Amsterdam Episode 2

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jun 11

The next installment of the unscripted Defragged History Beyond podcast is available now on Substack.

Beyond New Amsterdam episode 2.
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In this exclusive podcast series, I dive a little deeper into my YouTube video series: New Amsterdam, the early history of New York City.

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jun 10

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jun 10

4. New Amsterdam - The Stuyvesant Effect | History of New York

Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jun 10

Pinksterzaan, Zaanse Schans, June 9, 2025 with Compagnie te Voet.

#eightyyearswar #reenactment #reenactorsofinstagram #pinksterzaan #pinksterzaan2025 #compagnietevoet #defraggedhistory

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · Jun 6

Episode 5 for New Amsterdam drops next Thursday, June 12, in which Pieter Stuyvesant steps up the tyranny, the Dutch mess with Oliver Cromwell, and Adriaen van der Donck tries to convince the States-General to make New Netherland independent from the Dutch West India Company.

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Vincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · Jun 5

#OTD in 1568, the Counts Egmont and Horne were executed in Brussels for high treason against Philip II. Once leading noblemen they now lost their head. The Duke of Alva, who led the persecution against them, apparently wept.

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Defragged History @defraggedhistory.bsky.social · May 29

Episode 4 of New Amsterdam - The Stuyvesant Effect is live now! youtu.be/ZNCGLRkGgR8?...