Defragged History
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Defragged History is a YouTube channel that deep-dives into histories; how it started, how it ended, and everything in between.
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Knight Tournament, Loevestein Castle, NL.
Riddertoernooi, Slot Loevestein, NL.
October 19, 2025.
A hint of a series to come...
#riddertoernooi #knights #medieval #medievalhistory #defraggedhistory
Riddertoernooi, Slot Loevestein, NL.
October 19, 2025.
A hint of a series to come...
#riddertoernooi #knights #medieval #medievalhistory #defraggedhistory
October 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Knight Tournament, Loevestein Castle, NL.
Riddertoernooi, Slot Loevestein, NL.
October 19, 2025.
A hint of a series to come...
#riddertoernooi #knights #medieval #medievalhistory #defraggedhistory
Riddertoernooi, Slot Loevestein, NL.
October 19, 2025.
A hint of a series to come...
#riddertoernooi #knights #medieval #medievalhistory #defraggedhistory
Enjoy!🏴☠️🦜
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youtu.be/_DzVAZwnXF4
Pirates of New Amsterdam [BONUS] Early American History
YouTube video by Defragged History
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October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Enjoy!🏴☠️🦜
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youtu.be/_DzVAZwnXF4
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.
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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.
September 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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?
September 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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?
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
YouTube video by Defragged History
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July 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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.
youtu.be/UPe4_nc-4TU
youtu.be/UPe4_nc-4TU
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.
July 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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.
Eighty Years' War Reenactors "Compagnie Te Voet" does military drills at Pinksterzaan, Zaanse Schans. June 9, 2025. #reenactors
July 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Eighty Years' War Reenactors "Compagnie Te Voet" does military drills at Pinksterzaan, Zaanse Schans. June 9, 2025. #reenactors
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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youtu.be/rRxo82lVSb0
Early American History | 7 | New Amsterdam takes on New Sweden | Origina of New York City
YouTube video by Defragged History
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July 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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?
youtu.be/rRxo82lVSb0
youtu.be/rRxo82lVSb0
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.
July 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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.
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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youtu.be/AxHAY_wL_ZI
How the First Anglo-Dutch War Nearly Destroyed New Amsterdam | History of New York
YouTube video by Defragged History
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July 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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.
youtu.be/AxHAY_wL_ZI
youtu.be/AxHAY_wL_ZI
Episode 5 of New Amsterdam is here! Learn all about the early days of what is now New York!
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5. New Amsterdam - Line in the Sand | Early History of New York
YouTube video by Defragged History
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June 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Episode 5 of New Amsterdam is here! Learn all about the early days of what is now New York!
youtu.be/Ktz2mRRvjGA
youtu.be/Ktz2mRRvjGA
The next installment of the unscripted Defragged History Beyond podcast is available now on Substack.
Beyond New Amsterdam episode 2.
open.substack.com/pub/defragge...
Beyond New Amsterdam episode 2.
open.substack.com/pub/defragge...
Beyond New Amsterdam Episode 2
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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June 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The next installment of the unscripted Defragged History Beyond podcast is available now on Substack.
Beyond New Amsterdam episode 2.
open.substack.com/pub/defragge...
Beyond New Amsterdam episode 2.
open.substack.com/pub/defragge...
Pinksterzaan, Zaanse Schans, June 9, 2025 with Compagnie te Voet.
#eightyyearswar #reenactment #reenactorsofinstagram #pinksterzaan #pinksterzaan2025 #compagnietevoet #defraggedhistory
#eightyyearswar #reenactment #reenactorsofinstagram #pinksterzaan #pinksterzaan2025 #compagnietevoet #defraggedhistory
June 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Pinksterzaan, Zaanse Schans, June 9, 2025 with Compagnie te Voet.
#eightyyearswar #reenactment #reenactorsofinstagram #pinksterzaan #pinksterzaan2025 #compagnietevoet #defraggedhistory
#eightyyearswar #reenactment #reenactorsofinstagram #pinksterzaan #pinksterzaan2025 #compagnietevoet #defraggedhistory
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.
June 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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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#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.
June 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
#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.
Episode 4 of New Amsterdam - The Stuyvesant Effect is live now! youtu.be/ZNCGLRkGgR8?...
4. New Amsterdam - The Stuyvesant Effect | History of New York
YouTube video by Defragged History
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May 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Episode 4 of New Amsterdam - The Stuyvesant Effect is live now! youtu.be/ZNCGLRkGgR8?...
Coming up next week! Episode 4 of the New Amsterdam series, The Stuyvesant Effect, will be uploaded on YouTube on May 29, 2025, at 18:00 CET.
#newamsterdam #newyorkhistory #defraggedhistory #pieterstuyvesant #peterstuyvesant
#newamsterdam #newyorkhistory #defraggedhistory #pieterstuyvesant #peterstuyvesant
May 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Coming up next week! Episode 4 of the New Amsterdam series, The Stuyvesant Effect, will be uploaded on YouTube on May 29, 2025, at 18:00 CET.
#newamsterdam #newyorkhistory #defraggedhistory #pieterstuyvesant #peterstuyvesant
#newamsterdam #newyorkhistory #defraggedhistory #pieterstuyvesant #peterstuyvesant
For those (Dutchies) interested, there is a new comic book about The Batavia, called "De Apotheker van de Duivel" (The Apothecary of the Devil), released May 15, 2025.
Currently this hard cover comic book is only available in Dutch. You can order it, among other places, at bol.com for 35 euros.
Currently this hard cover comic book is only available in Dutch. You can order it, among other places, at bol.com for 35 euros.
May 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
For those (Dutchies) interested, there is a new comic book about The Batavia, called "De Apotheker van de Duivel" (The Apothecary of the Devil), released May 15, 2025.
Currently this hard cover comic book is only available in Dutch. You can order it, among other places, at bol.com for 35 euros.
Currently this hard cover comic book is only available in Dutch. You can order it, among other places, at bol.com for 35 euros.
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#OTD in 1527, King Philip II of Spain was born. His dad was Emperor Charles V and his mother Isabella of Portugal. Philip would become the most powerful man in Europe, but also faced severe issues (including in the Low Countries).
May 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
#OTD in 1527, King Philip II of Spain was born. His dad was Emperor Charles V and his mother Isabella of Portugal. Philip would become the most powerful man in Europe, but also faced severe issues (including in the Low Countries).
Maurits Fest in IJzendijke, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, NL. May 18, 2025, celebrating Prince Maurits of Orange who died 400 years ago this year. #eightyyearswar
May 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Maurits Fest in IJzendijke, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, NL. May 18, 2025, celebrating Prince Maurits of Orange who died 400 years ago this year. #eightyyearswar
Episode 3 of New Amsterdam, featuring something called Kieft's War, is here.
youtu.be/BJibQiTUDrk
youtu.be/BJibQiTUDrk
The Full History of New Amsterdam | 3 | History of New York
YouTube video by Defragged History
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May 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Episode 3 of New Amsterdam, featuring something called Kieft's War, is here.
youtu.be/BJibQiTUDrk
youtu.be/BJibQiTUDrk
Unless there are any technical issues, episode 3 of New Amsterdam arrives Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 18:00 CET.
April 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Unless there are any technical issues, episode 3 of New Amsterdam arrives Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 18:00 CET.
Get ready for next week!
#newamsterdam
#newamsterdam
April 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Get ready for next week!
#newamsterdam
#newamsterdam