City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1640 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 30th Middlesex district and Massachusetts Senate's Fourth Middlesex district. Its population today is about 40,900.
Before and after
- 1640Founding of Chicopee
- 1640Founding of New Bedford
- 1640Founding of Haverhill
- 1640Founding of Malden
- 1640Founding of Woburn
- 26 March 1640Founding of University of Helsinki
- 30 May 1640Death of Peter Paul Rubens
- from 7 June 1640 to 13 October 1659Reapers' War
- from 1 December 1640 to 13 February 1668Portuguese Restoration War
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- from 22 October 1721 to 1 September 1917Russian Empire
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.