Dutch Timeline By Fritzy2350 Oct 19, 1609 The Dutch Come to the New World 1623 New Netherland colony is established by the Dutch 1623 The Dutch built a fort to mark where the capital of the colony, New Amsterdam, was Later in 1665 the English captured New Amsterdam and renamed it to New York. 1665 The King of England decided to make New Netherland part of the English colonial empire in the Americas