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The public Boston Museum of Natural History (founded in 1830 and renamed the New England Museum of Natural History in 1864, and the Boston Museum of Science in the mid-twentieth century), was run by the Boston Society of Natural History. It served the function of public and professional education in natural history, including ocean life ...
1625 – William Blaxton arrives. 1630 - When Boston was founded. English Puritans arrive. First Church in Boston established. September 7 (old style): Boston named. 1631 – Boston Watch (police) established. 1632 – Settlement becomes capital of the English Massachusetts Bay Colony. [ 1 ] 1634.
In 1852, the Boston Public Library was founded as the first free library in the United States. [251] Boston's literary culture continues today thanks to the city's many universities and the Boston Book Festival. [253] [254] Music is afforded a high degree of civic support in Boston.
Bronze relief, granite, slate. Location. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Coordinates. 42°21′23″N 71°04′03″W / 42.356502°N 71.067581°W / 42.356502; -71.067581. The Founders Memorial, also known as Founding of Boston, is a 1930 sculpture by John Francis Paramino in Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts. [1]
The Bay Colony was founded under a royal charter, unlike Plymouth Colony. The Puritan migration was mainly from East Anglia and southwestern regions of England, with an estimated 20,000 immigrants between 1628 and 1642. Massachusetts Bay colony quickly eclipsed Plymouth in population and economy, the chief factors being the large influx of ...
The Boston Brahmins, ... John Adams (1735–1826), Founding Father and second President of the United States; husband of Abigail Smith Adams (1744–1818).
Signature. John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 [a] – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of colonists from England in 1630 and served as governor for 12 of the ...
Three lineups of Boston in 1977, 2008 and 2013. Boston is an American rock band formed in 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts, by multi-instrumentalist Tom Scholz, who was joined by vocalist Brad Delp, guitarist Barry Goudreau, bassist Fran Sheehan and drummer Jim Masdea (who was replaced by Sib Hashian). The band has since gone under various line-up ...