City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1630 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 26th Middlesex district and Massachusetts House of Representatives' 27th Middlesex district. Its population today is about 81,000.
Before and after
- 1629Founding of Melrose
- 14 April 1629Birth of Christiaan Huygens
- 17 August 1629Birth of John III Sobieski
- 1630Founding of Cambridge
- 1630Founding of Somerville
- 1630Founding of Everett
- 1630Founding of Watertown
- 29 May 1630Birth of Charles II of England
- 7 September 1630Founding of Boston
More in Civilizations & archaeology
- c. 1500Modern period
- from 1501 to 1736Safavid dynasty
- from 1543 to 1687Scientific Revolution
- from 1613 to 1762House of Romanov
- June 1644The Manchus take Beijing and found Qing rule
- 1748Excavations begin at Pompeii
The era
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