1626 - Peter MinuitPeter Minuit ( 1580 1638), born in Wesel, Duchy of Cleves (present-day Germany), was the first general director of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. He is most famous for the purchase of the island of Manhattan from the Native Americans (Algonkins), on buys ManhattanFor other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation . Manhattan is the name of an island alongside the lower Hudson River and also of one of the five boroughs that form the City of New York. The borough is coterminous with New York County and includes the Islan.
1689Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir " allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. January 11 The Parliament of England declares King James II of England deposed. February 13 William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of Engla - The Act of TolerationAct of Toleration was an act of the English Parliament ( 24th May 1689) which granted freedom of worship to Nonconformists i. Protestants who dissented from the Church of England such as Baptists, Congregationalists, and Methodists. It allowed Nonconformi passes the EnglishEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, EnglandParliamentAlternative meanings: Parliamentary system, Parliament (band), Parliament (cigarette). A parliament is a legislative body, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system derived from that of the United Kingdom. protecting ProtestantsProtestantism in the strict sense of the word is the group of princes and imperial cities who, at the diet of Speyer in 1529, tried a protestation against the Edict of Worms which forbade the Lutheran teachings within the Holy Roman Empire. From there, th ( Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded).