What was the original name of New York City?

The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1609. The "Sons of Liberty" destroyed British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from throughout the Thirteen Colonies met in the city in 1765 to organize resistance to British policies. read more

New York has been always called New York. Named after the King of England's brother, the Duke of York, it's capital was Manhattan Island, or to the Dutch, New Amsterdam. read more

Before it was named New York in 1664 it was known as New Amsterdam, certainly. But, before that, in 1524, before the arrival of the Dutch, the Italian explorer Verrazzano named it "New Angoulême" So from a Western perspective the original name for the site of today's New York was that. read more