Broadly yes: the 1667 Treaty of Breda left England with Manhattan and the Dutch with Run. But it was one part of a wider peace settlement, not a simple two-island swap.
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The fire began in a Pudding Lane bakery on 2 September 1666 and spread through a dry, crowded timber city. It led to brick-and-stone rules, wider streets and a rebuilt City.
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In 17th and 18th century England, coffeehouses worked as meeting places for news, debate and deals. Lloyd's shipping information hub grew into a major insurance market.
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The Treaty of Breda was a peace treaty signed in July 1667 at Breda, in the Dutch Republic, that ended the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Its details are drawn from general knowledge and had not been checked against a specific source.
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