City in Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Its founding is dated to 1730 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Worcester district and Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Norfolk district. Its population today is about 17,700.
Before and after
- 27 October 1728Birth of James Cook
- 1729Founding of Karachi
- 12 January 1729Birth of Edmund Burke
- 2 May 1729Birth of Catherine II of Russia
- 1730Founding of Southbridge
- from c. 1730s to 1780sRise of Rococo
- from 1730 to 1735Ottoman–Persian War of 1730–1735
- 1730Founding of Fitchburg
- from March 1730 to August 1730Western Persia campaign of 1730
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- from 1603 to 1868Edo period
- 1624Founding of New York City
- from 18 January 1701 to 9 November 1918Kingdom of Prussia
- from 1 May 1707 to 1 January 1801Kingdom of Great Britain
- 1744Rise of House of Saud
The era
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