Years 1620

16e century | 17th century | 18th siècle

1620 | 1621 | 1622 | 1623 | 1624 | 1625 | 1626 | 1627 | 1628 | 1629 ----

In 1620, " pilgrims fathers" , puritan English arrives to America and founds the first colony of what will become later the USA.

Of 1620 with 1630, Algiers, port barbaresque, receives 936 catches and the prisoners arrive per thousands. They are sold on the markets to the slaves. At the 17th century, their number would have reached 35 000 for the only town of Algiers. Some are used for domestic work or employment, but they are regarded more and more as a source of ransom. A good part is reforwarded towards the Europe to be there sold at prices more interesting than with the the Maghreb. This trade is with the hands of the Livournais or the Juifs.

War Thirty Year old: Mansfeld walk of the Bohemia to the Palatinat, of the Alsace until the Plank with an army without balance. The Germany from now on is crossed almost without respite by soldiers, followed by trains of luggage and ammunition, women, male prostitutes and children come from all the corners of Europe. Mother Courage, for example, drag its carriole, of 1620 with 1646, of the Poland to the Bavaria, of the Moravie in the middle of Germany while passing by the Italy.

Portugal: Between 1620 and 1640, during ten autos-da-fe, 230 new Christians perish and 5 000 people appear in it in all.

the population of the England is estimated at 4,5 million inhabitants. The living conditions of the English people between 1620 and 1650 are difficult.
the kingdom of Denmark and Norway account a million inhabitants.

the traffic of the Sund falls to 3000 passages per annum between 1620 and 1655.
Increase in the financial problems of the Papal States, due to the European and Italian economic situation and causes local (production of Alun of Tofa drops).
the Lombardy knows in its turn a marked fold of the industrial activity as from 1620 - 1630.

massive Emission of copper currencies in Spain (1621, 1638, 1651, 1654, 1658, 1660), which will save several tens of million ducats to monarchy but will involve the Dévaluation (1628, 1642, 1652, 1659, 1664), the Inflation, the recession and the hoarding of the “good currency”.

Before 1620, the situation of the peasants in Bohemia is acceptable. The great fields develop, but with a paid personnel. After the Battle of the White Mountain, labor rarefies in Bohemia in consequence of the losses of war and the escapes, so that the new lords established in the country have recourse to the Corvée ( robota ). An ordinance of the king Ferdinand fixes the peasants at the ground. The reserve develops, mainly turned towards the corn export. The agricultural soil increases by clearings, the new fields being rented into precarious (beams of short duration). To the taxable quota and the drudgeries due to the lord are added the ecclesiastical dîme and the royal tax, extremely heavy since the Bohemia and the Moravie discharge between one the third and half of the royalties of monarchy. The Czech peasants develop auxiliary resources, like weaving in residence.

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Simple: 1620s

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