City in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1727 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Hampden district and Massachusetts Senate's Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district. Its population today is about 12,500.
Before and after
- 1725The Four Seasons
- 28 January 1725Death of Peter the Great
- 2 April 1725Birth of Giacomo Casanova
- 28 October 1726Publication of Gulliver's Travels
- 1727Founding of Palmer
- 20 March 1727Death of Isaac Newton
- 10 February 1728Birth of Peter III of Russia
- 27 October 1728Birth of James Cook
- 1729Founding of Karachi
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The era
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