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1620 - The Pilgrims make landfall in Plymouth.
1634 - Boston Common becomes America's first public park.
1675 - The Indian-Settler conflict known as King Philip's War begins.
1676 August 2 - Eight men are killed and three wounded in an Indian skirmish in the town of New Braintree.
1687 November 1 - Shutesbury resident Ephraim Pratt is born in Sudbury. Pratt died in the Spring of 1804 at the ripe old age of 116. It is claimed that at the time of his death his descendants numbered around 1,500.
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The Quabbin Chronology Index:
- pre-1600
- Current Page
- 1700 - 1799
- 1800 - 1899
- 1900 - 1999
- 2000 - 2999
Quabbin History by the Month - Same text in a January to December format.
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