Dutch conquest of New Sweden
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The Dutch conquest of New Sweden was a 1655 military campaign in which the Dutch West India Company seized the Swedish colony along the Delaware River, ending Sweden’s short-lived North American presence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dutch conquest of New Sweden canonical | 1 |
| Dutch–Swedish rivalry in North America | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19885936 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dutch conquest of New Sweden Context triple: [Johan Risingh, notableEvent, Dutch conquest of New Sweden]
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A.
New Sweden expedition
The New Sweden expedition was a 17th-century Swedish colonial venture that established a short-lived settlement along the Delaware River in North America.
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B.
English conquest of New Netherland
The English conquest of New Netherland was the 1664 seizure of the Dutch colony in North America by English forces, leading to its renaming as New York and a major shift in colonial power on the Atlantic seaboard.
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C.
Kieft's War
Kieft's War was a violent 1643–1645 conflict between Dutch colonists of New Netherland and local Native American tribes, sparked by Governor Willem Kieft’s aggressive policies and raids.
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D.
Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s
The Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s was a critical phase of the Eighty Years' War marked by intense maritime conflict for control of Atlantic trade routes and colonial possessions between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire.
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E.
Dutch conquest of the Indonesian archipelago
The Dutch conquest of the Indonesian archipelago was a protracted series of military campaigns, treaties, and colonial policies through which the Netherlands gradually subjugated and consolidated control over the diverse kingdoms and territories that now form Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dutch conquest of New Sweden Target entity description: The Dutch conquest of New Sweden was a 1655 military campaign in which the Dutch West India Company seized the Swedish colony along the Delaware River, ending Sweden’s short-lived North American presence.
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A.
New Sweden expedition
The New Sweden expedition was a 17th-century Swedish colonial venture that established a short-lived settlement along the Delaware River in North America.
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B.
English conquest of New Netherland
The English conquest of New Netherland was the 1664 seizure of the Dutch colony in North America by English forces, leading to its renaming as New York and a major shift in colonial power on the Atlantic seaboard.
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C.
Kieft's War
Kieft's War was a violent 1643–1645 conflict between Dutch colonists of New Netherland and local Native American tribes, sparked by Governor Willem Kieft’s aggressive policies and raids.
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D.
Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s
The Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s was a critical phase of the Eighty Years' War marked by intense maritime conflict for control of Atlantic trade routes and colonial possessions between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire.
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E.
Dutch conquest of the Indonesian archipelago
The Dutch conquest of the Indonesian archipelago was a protracted series of military campaigns, treaties, and colonial policies through which the Netherlands gradually subjugated and consolidated control over the diverse kingdoms and territories that now form Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dutch conquest of New Sweden