• New York from 1664 to 1668. Richard Nicolls was born c. 1624 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. He was the son of Francis Nicolls, a barrister and politician...
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    Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford (born 28 January 1945), known as Nick Raynsford, is a British politician who served as a government minister from 1997...
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  • colonial official Richard Nicolls, the first English colonial governor of New York This page lists people with the surname Nicolls. If an internal link...
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    of New Netherland occurred in 1664 as an English expedition led by Richard Nicolls that arrived in New York Harbor effected a peaceful capture of New...
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  • Richard Philip Nicoll (15 September 1977 – 21 October 2016) was an English fashion designer, best known for his work on modernist classics with the coined...
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    colony of Nieuw Amsterdam when Richard Nicolls took it from the Dutch in 1667. Many English colonists did not like Nicolls because they thought Oliver Cromwell...
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    Anglo-Dutch Wars. Four English ships bearing 450 men, commanded by Richard Nicolls, seized the Dutch colony. On 30 August 1664, George Cartwright sent...
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    Manuscripts: English, Vol. 22, "Administrative Papers of Governors Richard Nicolls and Francis Lovelace, 1664–1673," (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing...
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    at the onset of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, English forces under Richard Nicolls ousted the Dutch from control of New Netherland, and the territory...
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    New Amsterdam surrendered to the English fleet, New York governor Richard Nicolls appointed Coe as the Judge of oyer and terminer of Yorkshire. His final...
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    laws of inheritance, and freedom of religion. After the surrender, Richard Nicolls took the position as deputy-governor of New Amsterdam and the rest...
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    the expressway that were built before Nicolls Road itself, and had served as the southern terminus of Nicolls Road until 1975. The freeway portion terminates...
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  • newly renamed New York City was run by the British military governor, Richard Nicolls. The office of Mayor of New York City was established in 1665. Holders...
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  • Nicolls (or Nichols) may refer to: Francis Nicolls (MP for Bishop's Castle, Shropshire) (c.1582–1624), father of Richard Nicolls Sir Francis Nicolls,...
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    involving Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant, who surrendered the fort to Richard Nicolls of England in 1664. In the 18th century, the fort was at the center...
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    and conflict between the Europeans and the Esopus. Ultimately, the Richard Nicolls/Esopus Indian Treaty (1665) resulted in lasting peace between the natives...
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  • meet in North America was supervised by New York's colonial governor, Richard Nicolls. The area is now occupied by the present Nassau County, New York, region...
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  • Matthias Nicoll (1630 – December 22, 1687), a.k.a. Nicolls, was the sixth mayor of New York City from 1672 to 1673. He is the patriarch of the Nicoll family...
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    Amsterdam by the Dutch to the British in 1664, the English governor Richard Nicolls granted the island to Captain Robert Needham. It was sold to Isaac...
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    Bulldogs were used as a part of a citywide roundup effort led by Governor Richard Nicolls. Because cornering and leading wild bulls was dangerous, Bulldogs were...
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    with the Province of New Hampshire to the east. The first governor Richard Nicolls was known for writing "The Duke's Laws" which served as the first compilation...
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    had formerly fled. On 27 August 1664, four English frigates led by Richard Nicolls sailed into New Amsterdam's harbor and demanded New Netherland's surrender...
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    established that Long Island would not be part of the Connecticut Colony, Richard Nicolls, the first Governor of the Province, issued a new patent to Lion Gardiner's...
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    office shortly after midnight on January 1, 2022. In 1665, Governor Richard Nicolls appointed Thomas Willett as the first mayor of New York. For 156 years...
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    It is located near where the first English Governor of New York, Richard Nicolls, established the "Newmarket Course", the first horse racing track in...
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    who ordered Colonel Richard Nicolls to take over the area. In September 1664, an English fleet under the command of Richard Nicolls sailed into what is...
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    at the onset of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, English forces under Richard Nicolls ousted the Dutch from control of New Netherland (present-day New York...
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    Provinces had not been officially declared, an English fleet led by Richard Nicolls demanded that New Amsterdam surrender. While the Dutch briefly regained...
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    minister. Confirmation of their 1664 land patent was granted by Governor Richard Nicolls in 1666 after the occupation of the area by the English.[citation needed]...
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  • released and acquitted of all charges by order of Colonial Governor Richard Nicolls in 1668. In June of 1670, after being convicted of witchcraft in a...
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