City in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1745 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Berkshire district and Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden district. Its population today is about 13,700.
Before and after
- 9 December 1743Discovery of Great Comet of 1744
- 1744Rise of House of Saud
- 1 August 1744Birth of Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
- from 7 August 1744 to 25 December 1745Second Silesian War
- 1745Founding of North Adams
- 18 February 1745Birth of Alessandro Volta
- October 1745Publication of God Save the King
- 15 December 1745Battle of Kesselsdorf
- 1746Founding of Princeton University
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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.