Did you know that Harlem, NY got it's name from Haarlem, Netherlands? Back in the day the dutch had founded NY and was orgininally named New Amsterdam.
Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Haarlem The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more