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' 10th Middlesex district and Massachusetts House of Representatives' 29th Middlesex district. Its population today is about 35,300.
Before and after
- 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
- 15 November 1630Death of Johannes Kepler
- from 20 May 1631 to 24 May 1631Sack of Magdeburg
More in Civilizations & archaeology
- c. 1500Modern period
- from 1526 to 1857Mughal Empire
- 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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