


1624 – New Amsterdam is founded by the Dutch West India Company.1614 – Dutch settle on Manhattan Island.He is considered the first immigrant, the first person of African heritage, the first person of European heritage, the first merchant, the first Latino, and the first Dominican to settle in Manhattan. 1613 – Juan (Jan) Rodriguez became the first documented non-Native American to live on Manhattan Island.1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European to see New York Harbor arrives and names it Nouvelle- Angoulême.Main article: History of New York City (prehistory–1664)
