City in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1730 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Worcester district and Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Middlesex district. Its population today is about 41,900.
Before and after
- 2 May 1729Birth of Catherine II of Russia
- 1730Founding of Southbridge
- from c. 1730s to 1780sRise of Rococo
- from 1730 to 1735Ottoman–Persian War of 1730–1735
- 1730Founding of Fitchburg
- from March 1730 to August 1730Western Persia campaign of 1730
- 24 April 1731Death of Daniel Defoe
- 10 October 1731Birth of Henry Cavendish
- 1732Trevi Fountain
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- from 15th century to 18th centuryAge of Discovery
- from 1547 to 1721Tsardom of Russia
- from c. 1583 to 1997British Empire
- from 16th century to 18th centuryBaroque
- 1623Founding of Barbados
- from 22 October 1721 to 1 September 1917Russian Empire
The era
This moment belongs to the Early modern world (1500 CE to 1760 CE), voyages, printing and new ideas. You can also browse everything in the 18th century.