City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1629 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 32nd Middlesex district and Massachusetts Senate's Fifth Middlesex district. Its population today is about 29,800.
Before and after
- 1628William Harvey describes the circulation of the blood
- 12 January 1628Birth of Charles Perrault
- from May 1628 to August 1628Siege of Stralsund
- 1629Founding of Lynn
- 1629Founding of Melrose
- 14 April 1629Birth of Christiaan Huygens
- 17 August 1629Birth of John III Sobieski
- 1630Founding of Cambridge
- 1630Founding of Somerville
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The era
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