Schimka and Associated Families in America

Honoring our Ancestors

Abt 1658 -

	Date	Event(s)
1	1664	27 Aug 1664: English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and later rename it New York.
2	1752	2 Sep 1752: Britain and the British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
3	1754	1754—1763: French and Indian War. Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec (Sept. 13, 1759) and, by the Treaty of Paris (signed Feb. 10, 1763), formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi.