...Fort Nya Gothenborg on Tinicum Island (to…

June 1644 CE

...Fort Nya Gothenborg on Tinicum Island (to the immediate Southwest of today's Philadelphia), where he moves the capital, building his own manor house which he calls the Printzhof.

The Swedish colony initially prospers under his rule.

New Sweden supports the Susquehannocks in 1644 in their victory in a war against the English Province of Maryland.

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Essington Delaware Pennsylvania United States View →

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Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) View → Susquehannock (Amerind tribe) View → Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → England, (Stuart) Kingdom of View → New Netherland (Dutch Colony) View → Maryland, Province of (English Colony) View → New Sweden (Swedish Colony) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Swedish View →

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