Years 1700

“Great Winter” of 1709
War of succession of Spain
Civil war with the Laos with died of Underlined Vongsa (1694) and parcelling out of the kingdom under the suzerainty of the Vietnam: Sai Ong Huê seizes Ving-chan (kingdom of Vientiane), King Kitsarath of Luang Prabang (1707), Chao Oneself Sisamout proclaims king of Champassak (1713).
Rise of Asante (Coast of Gold).

At the end of the 17th century, the value of the goods dispatched each year since the India towards the British Isles amounts to 0,5 million £, to quadruple during the fifty following years.
: 15000 kg of pure gold arrive of the Brésil at the Portugal between 1701 and 1710.
the Scandinavian countries cross the threshold of the cereal outputs of 6,3 quintals by the hectare at the beginning of the century.

Cairo more: 200000. Alep more: 100000.

the population of the China will pass from 100 to 200 million inhabitants between 1701 and 1800. The European observers note that the child murder is largely widespread to contain this growth. The Chinese populations remain subjected in their evolution to the great punctures of the epidemics, the famines and the catastrophes (floods).
During the 18th century, the population of the Japan is stabilized around 25 million inhabitants. Edo, counts a million of it. Osaka and Kyôto: 240000.

There are approximately fifty fortunate families in Virginia, whose richness rises with: 50000 pounds. They have plantations cultivated by black slaves and white servants under contracts, sit at the council of the colony and exert local magistratures.
: 6000 slaves in Virginia, is a twelfth of the population. Some of them seek to flee and establish communities close to the border.

: 20000 inhabitants of French origin to the Canada (: 7850 in 1675: 2500 in 1660).
the Chile account: 100000 inhabitants.
: 25000 black slaves per annum on average enter to the Brésil at the 18th century. The country counts approximately: 100000 Europeans and: 200000 Blacks.

114 million inhabitants in Europe.
22,5 million inhabitants in France. Paris account: 500000 inhabitants. Lyon (: 100000), Marseilles (: 75000), Rouen (: 60000) and Lille (: 55000) exceed: 50000 inhabitants. 22 cities exceed: 20000 inhabitants. 17% of the population live in cities of more than: 2000 inhabitants.
the Spain account from 6 to 7,5 million inhabitants (8,5 in 1600, falls due to the emigration, the celibacy of the clergy, the expulsion of the Morisques, the Peste S and bad harvests). Madrid counts from 100 to 140000 inhabitants. Seville (: 80000) and Valence exceed: 50000 inhabitants. : 100000 French emigrated towards the Spain during the 17th century.
1,2 million inhabitants to the Portugal. : 73000 with Lisbon (: 110000 in 1600).
a million inhabitants to the Denmark, 1,4 in Sweden.
Fifteen million inhabitants in the Holy roman Empire. 8,1 for the Austria, the Hungary (from 3,5 to 5 million) and the Bohemia, three for the Prussia and two for the Saxony. Vienna reached: 100000 inhabitants. Berlin: 60000. Breslau and Königsberg: 40000. Lübeck: 30000. Augsburg: 25000.
13,3 million inhabitants in Italy. Six Italian cities exceed: 100000 inhabitants: Naples (: 186000), Rome (: 141000), Venice (: 138000), Milan (: 125000), Metz-native Palermo and (: 100000).

the populations of Venice, Genoa and Plaisance count 5% of noble.
the population of the Italy remained stable during the 17th century, whereas it increased by 30% in the remainder of the Europe.

the United Provinces count 2 million inhabitants. The Austrian Netherlands 1,8. Amsterdam account: 150000 inhabitants. Harlem, Antwerp (: 67000), Brussels and Ghent (: 60000) exceed: 50000 inhabitants.
the England account 5,05 million inhabitants, the Scotland 1,1 million, the Ireland 2,54 million. In England, eight cities count more: 10000 inhabitants: London (: 550000, plus big city of Europe), Birmingham, Coventry, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield.

the three quarters of the population live agriculture, and the four fifths live in the countryside (15% in industry and 10% in the tertiary sector). The English nobility, reduced, account: 3000 titrated gentlemen (of duke with riders). The gentry (: 12000 gentlemen), consists of notable provincial owners who are not juridically noble.
birth rate in England passes from 30 to 38 ‰ to the 18th century. English 40% have less than 20 years in 1720, against 10% of more than 60 years.

Last nine million inhabitants in Poland, including 75% of peasants reduced to serfdom.

the nobility Polish, important, accounts for 10% of the population. Egalitarian, by a mythical origin sarmate, it is treated on a hierarchical basis: at the top, the Tycoons, a score of families (Lubomirski with Doubno, Czartoriski with Korzec, Potocki with Krystinopol, Radziwill with Niesweij) train clans, a State in the kingdom, which extends sometimes on several hundreds from villages, with a particular administration (tax collectors, judges, soldiers). The average nobility, 200 to 300 families, with suzerainty on a few tens of villages. Finally the minor nobility ( szlachta ) has suzerainty only on one or two villages, even a simple mound castrale. Pledged with the tycoons, it defends its tax prerogatives bitterly.
the Juifs compose 10% of the Polish population. They are numerous in the cities where they form communities closed on themselves, living Ghetto S and speaking the Yiddish.

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Simple: 1700s

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