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Populated places established in 1653

  • Lowell, MassachusettsIn 1823, the Boston Associates named a new mill town after Francis Cabot Lowell, who had died five years prior. Nathan Appleton and Patrick Tracy Jackson led…
  • KuopioOn the 17th of November 1775, King Gustav III of Sweden issued a royal decree that would shape the future of Eastern Finland.