Years 1500

15e century | 16th century | 17th siècle

Years 1480 | Years 1490 | Years 1500 | Years 1510 | Years 1520

1500 | 1501 | 1502 | 1503 | 1504 | 1505 | 1506 | 1507 | 1508 | 1509
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Events

  • North America: brutal burial of the village of Ozette, on the coast of the current State of Washington, by a mud flow.

Economy & company

  • Period of growth of the prices in Europe (1500 - 1535).
  • the cereal yield reaches the threshold of 6,3 quintaux/ha in Europe.
  • the Mesta of the shepherds, association of the owners of herds transhumant is officialized in Spain (3 million sheep for a million in 1400).
  • Importance of the bank with Venice: on 30  000 people, 4  000 have an bank account.
  • the Venetian arsenal contains 150 galères at the beginning of the century.
  • Increase in the resources of English monarchy coming from the customs duties. They reach 41  000 £ per annum on average in 1500 - 1510.

Demography

  • 50 to 80 million inhabitants in Europe. 500 million approximately in the world.
  • 3 million inhabitants in the Netherlands. They live in 6  000 villages and 300 cities (Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels, Bruges and Lille exceed 50  000 inhabitants). The population of the cities of Holland has doubled for one century. The area has the population densest (66 h/Km ²) and most urbanized Europe (54% of the total population live in the cities).
  • the France is the country more populated Europe with 16 million inhabitants (18 at the end of the century). The French cities join together 10% of the population.
  • the Iberian peninsula counts approximately 10 million inhabitants. The population remains stable during the century (emigration, military careers and ecclesiastic).
  • the Portugal account 1  125  000 inhabitants during the 16th century. 10% of the 100  000 inhabitants of Lisbon are slaves (Black, Canarian or Moors).
  • the Holy Empire account 12 million inhabitants (15 at the end of the century).
  • British Isles count from 6 to 8 million inhabitants. The England sees its population increasing by 2,3 to 5,5 million inhabitants during the century.
  • 17 million inhabitants approximately in Italy. The population decrease during the century (wars?).
  • the Poland account 3,5 million inhabitants.
  • the Moscovie, in the course of unification, joins together a population which passes from 9 to 16 million between the beginning and the end of the 16th century.

Art & culture

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Simple: 1500s

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