On May 11th in US History
On May 11th in 1647 Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor of New Netherland. The one-legged professional soldier was sent from the Netherlands to head the Dutch trading colony at the southern end of Manhattan Island.
On May 11th in 1690 In the first major engagement of King William’s War, British troops from Massachusetts seized Port Royal in Acadia (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) from the French, their objective was to take Quebec.
On May 11th in 1751 The 1st US hospital was founded in Pennsylvania.
On May 11th in 1752 The 1st US fire insurance policy issued in Philadelphia.
On May 11th in 1814 Americans defeated the British at Battle of Plattsburgh.
On May 11th in 1858 Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.
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