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What Happened In May 1647 In History

Historical Events for May, 1647

  • 11th » Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland called Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonization of the Americas named Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
  • 26th » Alse Young, hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, becomes the first person executed as a Witchcraft called witch in the British American colonies.

Famous Deaths for May 1647

  • 21st » Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581)
  • 26th » Alse Young, American woman executed for witchcraft (b. 1600)

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