1626 - What happened in 1626 ?

May 1626

Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.

Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.

St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated

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