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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. https://linktr.ee/defraggedhistory
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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
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.
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
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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
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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Early American History | 7 | New Amsterdam takes on New Sweden | Origina of New York City
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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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How the First Anglo-Dutch War Nearly Destroyed New Amsterdam | History of New York
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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.