The name Fort Nassau was used by the Dutch in the 17th century for several fortifications, mostly trading stations, named for the

House of Orange-Nassau The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: ''Huis van Oranje-Nassau'', ) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands. A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands ...

. It was also the name of a British fort, which was formerly a Dutch fort. Forts of this name included: *

Fort Nassau (North River) Fort Nassau (a.k.a. Fort van Nassouwen) was the first Dutch settlement in North America, located beside the " North River" (the modern Hudson) within present-day Albany, New York, in the United States. The ''factorij'' was a small fortification ...

, established 1614 in Albany, New York *

Fort Nassau (South River) Fort Nassau was a ''factorij'' in New Netherland between 1627–1651 located at the mouth of Big Timber Creek at its confluence with the Delaware River. It was the first known permanent European-built structure in what would become the state o ...

, established 1627 in Gloucester City, New Jersey *

Old Fort of Nassau The Old Fort of Nassau, also known as Fort Nassau, was a fort in Nassau, Bahamas, first built in 1697. The fort lasted for nearly two hundred years with a rich legacy of history until it was finally demolished in 1897. It was located on the nor ...

, established 1697, in The Bahamas, which, as a British fort, was attacked by

U.S. Marines The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the Marines, maritime land force military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary warfare, exped ...

in 1776 *

Fort Nassau (Ghana) Fort Nassau, near Moree, Ghana, was the first fort that the Dutch established on what would become the Dutch Gold Coast. Because of its importance during the early European colonial period in West Africa and its testimony to the African gold trade ...

, established near Mori *

Fort Nassau (Guyana) Fort Nassau was the capital of the Dutch colony of Berbice, in present-day Guyana. It was situated on the Berbice River approximately 88 kilometres upstream from New Amsterdam. Founding About 1627 Abraham van Peere, a Dutch settler in Guyana, soug ...

, on the Berbice River *

Fort Nassau, Banda Islands Fort Nassau was the first Dutch fort built on Banda (or Bandaneira) Island, the main island of the Banda Islands, part of Maluku in Indonesia, completed in 1609. Its purpose was to control the trade in nutmeg, which at that time was only grown in ...

, on the island of Bandaneira, in Indonesia, constructed in 1609 *

Fort Nassau (Curaçao) Fort Nassau (officially: Fort Oranje Nassau) is a fort located in Willemstad, Curaçao. It is located on a high hill overlooking the city of Willemstad and its harbour. It was constructed in 1796 as Fort Republiek. In 1807, Curaçao was captured ...

, established as Fort Republiek in 1797

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