1630
Boston was founded in 1630
by Puritan colonists led by John Winthrop — the Massachusetts Bay Colony at the site of the modern Boston Common.
On this day
December 16
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on December 16 across the 2 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
2 events
2 centuries
2 countries
1880
Potchefstroom
The Great Trek (1836-1840) was the principal Afrikaner-Voortrekker migration from the British Cape Colony northward into the southern African interior.
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →