City in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1636 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Hampden district and Massachusetts Senate's Second Hampden and Hampshire district. Its population today is about 28,700.
Before and after
- 1634Founding of Waltham
- from 5 September 1634 to 6 September 1634Battle of Nördlingen
- 18 July 1635Birth of Robert Hooke
- 1636Founding of Springfield
- 1636Founding of Agawam
- 8 September 1636Founding of Harvard University
- 4 October 1636Battle of Wittstock
- 1637Founding of Taunton
- 1637Descartes publishes La Geometrie: algebra meets geometry
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