New Sweden

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Was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now the United States.

Establishment

January 1639: Minuit completed Fort Christina in 1638.

January 1639: New Sweden was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in America, established in 1638.

Chronology

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1. Northern Wars

A series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.

1.1.Second Northern War

Was a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden (along with their respective allies) over the hegemony in the Baltic Sea.

September 1655: The Dutch moved an army to the Delaware River in the summer of 1655, easily capturing Fort Trinity and Fort Christina. The Swedish settlement was incorporated into Dutch New Netherland on September 15, 1655.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1652: Fort Casimir was founded in 1651 by the Dutch West India Company in present-day Delaware. It was named after the Dutch governor of New Netherland, Jacob Alrichs. The fort was later captured by the Swedish in 1654 and then recaptured by the Dutch in 1655.

January 1653: In the peace treaty of 1652 the Susquehannock ceded to Maryland large territories on both shores of the Chesapeake Bay in return for arms and for safety on their southern flank.

January 1654: In 1653, the territory under the leadership of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor from 1643 to 1653, expanded along the river from Fort Christina. This territory was part of New Sweden, a Swedish colony in North America.

June 1654: In New Sweden, the Dutch Fort Casimir was captured by soldiers from the New Sweden colony led by governor Johan Risingh.