History of New York City (1665–1783) port British ships evacuated in 1783. The English had renamed the colony the Province of New York, after the king's brother James, Duke of York and on June 12, 1665, appointed Thomas Willett the first of the Mayors of New York. The city grew northward and remained the largest and most important city in the Province of New York, becoming the third largest in the British Empire after London and Philadelphia. The Dutch regained the colony briefly in 1673, then finally lost it permanently to the English in 1674 after the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Leisler's Rebellion, an uprising in which
Lord Mayor of Dublin Lord Mayor of Dublin The Lord Mayor of Dublin () is the honorific title of the chairman (, ) of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The incumbent is Independent councillor Nial Ring. The office holder is elected annually by the members of the Council. The office of Mayor of Dublin was created in June 1229 by Henry III. The office of "Mayor" was elevated to "Lord Mayor" in 1665 by Charles II, and as part of this process received the honorific The Right Honourable ("The Rt Hon.").