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Boston in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Boston in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1630–1630

Historical events in Boston

1630

7 September 1630
Capital
John Winthrop · Government of England

Makes Boston the Capital of Massachusetts

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Boston. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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