County seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1654 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Hampshire district and Massachusetts Senate's Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district. Its population today is about 29,600.
Before and after
- 1653Founding of Leominster
- c. 1653The Taj Mahal is completed
- 1654Magdeburg hemispheres
- from 1654 to 1660Anglo-Spanish War
- 1654Founding of Northampton
- 1654Treaty of Pereyaslav
- from 1654 to 1667Russo-Polish War
- c. 1655Birth of Jacob Bernoulli
- 1655Founding of Lawrence
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- 1744Rise of House of Saud
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 17th century.