Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Park plays host to a holiday party like no other with Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, held select nights from Nov. 7 to Dec. 22, 2016. Enjoy live entertainment, spectacular fireworks and a jolly holiday parade with Mickey, Santa and other familiar Disney friends.
2001 by Jon Richards. Peter Minuit is said to have purchased the island of Manhattan in the year 1626 for about $24 worth of beads. If instead of buying Manhattan he had put the $24 into a bank account paying 6% compound interest per year and left the money there continuously, today he would have a bank account of approximately $65 billion, ignoring income taxes.
Founding of New York. Who founded the New York Colony-. James, the Duke of York, received control of New Netherland. The name of the colony was changed to New York in honor of the Duke. When New York Colony was founded-. New York started out it's life as New Netherlands and was founded by the Dutch in 1664. The English king, King Charles II did not like the Dutch trading with the English colonies so they sent out warships to fight the Dutch.