Boston becomes the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

(OS-10/3) General Court declares Boston “the fittest place for publique meetings of any place in the Bay” in a meeting held in the First Church in Boston. Although no legislation is ever passed declaring Boston the capital, the court meets here until moving to Cambridge (then Newtowne) in 1634, back to Boston in 1636, back to Cambridge in 1637, and then to Boston in 1638. The court meets in the First Church in Boston on State Street until 1640, then moves to the First Church in Boston on Washington Street until 1659.*