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In 1638, he was spoken of as the first miller in New Amsterdam; an important and lucrative position in those days, and he is sometimes mentioned in the records as Abraham Pietersen, Molenaer, or Miller. In 1641, on August 29 he was one of the "Twelve Men" whom the commonalty chose and empowered to resolve on everything with the Director-General and Council, and on November 3 he was one of the "Eight Men" who sent a memorial to the State General of Holland, setting forth the distressed state on account of the Indian Outbreak, and begging for assistance.
1607
Nov 11
| 1607 • Jamestown: Captain John Smith is released from arrest and sworn in as a member of the colony Council. |
1607
Nov 11
baptismHaarlem, Holland ⇓ At the Dutch Reformed Church. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1607 • Hamlet is performed aboard the East India Company ship Red Dragon, under the command of Capt. William Keeling, anchored off the coast of Sierra Leone, the first known performance of a Shakespeare play outside England in English, and the first by amateurs. |
1629
Dec 9
Age: 22y
marriageTryntje Melchoirs Haarlem, Holland ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1629 • Eighty Years' War: After a 5 month long siege, 's-Hertogenbosch surrenders to Frederick Henry. As a result of the capture of this key fortress, Spain's situation along the Spanish-Dutch border worsens greatly. |
1631
Age: 23y
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birth of childTeuwis Abrahamsen Van Deusen New Amsterdam, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1631 • Algerian pirates sack Baltimore, County Cork in Ireland. |
1636
Age: 28y
1672
Jul 28
Age: 64y
| 1672 • Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the Dutch Republic; hence 1672 becomes known as het rampjaar ("the disaster year") in the Netherlands. |