Biggest Cities in Europe, 1700 A.D.

Try to guess the most populous cities in Europe in the year 1700.

According to Hohenberg and Lees (1985)

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Population	City
700,000	Constantinople
550,000	London
500,000	Paris
215,000	Naples
188,000	Lisbon
180,000	Amsterdam

Population	City
150,000	Moscow
138,000	Venice
130,000	Rome
120,000	Milan
100,000	Belgrade
100,000	Lyon

Population	City
100,000	Madrid
100,000	Vienna
100,000	Marseille
100,000	Sarajevo
100,000	Gdańsk

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68 Comments

Level 67

Jul 15, 2013

Fun quiz!

Level 50

Jul 17, 2013

Constantinopole!

Level 50

Jul 21, 2013

Thanks!

Level 81

Sep 21, 2013

I missed Gdansk, Sarajevo, and Lyon..

Level 81

Sep 21, 2013

Practicing my oldest cities quiz so often helped me get a couple of these.

+34

Level 74

Sep 27, 2019

Always keen on self-marketing xD

+15

Level 81

Sep 27, 2019

Thanks for calling attention to this important point 6 years later.

Level 70

Aug 21, 2023

Mate you're annoying af, just let it go already

Level 62

Sep 1, 2023

You realize the same can be said about TomatosRaafatos.

Level 55

Oct 16, 2021

I missed Gdansk and Venice.

Level 18

Sep 21, 2013

I'm from Poland and i don't have Gdańsk... because I was trying to type Danzig.

Level 81

Sep 21, 2013

It accepts Danzig as an answer.. Gdansk in Polish. Danzig in German. In 1700 the city was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and called Gdansk, though the majority of the population of the city were German-speakers who probably referred to it as Danzig. In English I believe the preferred spelling/pronunciation was the German (Danzig) up until recently when they decided to switch to Gdansk.

Level 37

Aug 8, 2014

How is Gdansk pronounced? Like Danzig? Dann-sik?

Level 32

Aug 16, 2014

In Poland we pronounce Gdańsk more or less like "Khdansk", also the letter "ń" means a nasal phone probably unpronouncable for a non-Pole.

Yes, polish language is hard :)

Level 72

Sep 30, 2016

beetboy12: Actually, the "G" is like "g" in "game". And "ń" is like Spanish "ñ" as in "señor" or the final sound in the city of Cologne

Level 90

Sep 28, 2019

Actually, it didn't accept Danzig. I tried twice. Oddly, it uses Constantinople as Istanbul was called then, but Gdansk as Danzig is called now in its new country of Poland.

Level 62

Sep 1, 2023

Perhaps you tried Dansig?

Level 81

Sep 28, 2019

I literally just tried it and it does in fact accept Danzig.

Level 43

Sep 21, 2013

i got gdansk!

Level 25

Oct 4, 2013

Agree, great quiz! Was thinking of ports but missed out on Gdansk and 2 other places.

Level 68

Oct 19, 2013

The date for Belgrade and Sarajevo is not correct - Belgrade surpased 100.000 inhabitants in 1914 and Sarajevo had 80.000 inhabitants in 1660, but was raised to the ground in 1697, and had only 60.000 residnets at the beginning of the 19th century.

On the other hand, Milan, Seville and Florence should be considerd for this list.

Level 61

Oct 4, 2016

It was raised to the ground? :P

Level 90

Jun 26, 2019

Must've been a real Hell hole.

Level 58

Jan 10, 2014

Not a single 100,000+ city in the Holy Roman Empire?

Level 63

Feb 21, 2014

Milan, Amsterdam, Vienna?

Level 37

Sep 27, 2019

Milan and Amsterdam were not anymore in the HRE in 1700.

Level 76

May 5, 2014

Forgot that "Napoli" is Naples in English. Duh.

Level 67

Oct 6, 2023

It works now!

Level 78

Feb 20, 2015

Nice quiz. I missed Gdansk

Level 75

Jul 23, 2015

Belgrade. Grrrr.

Level 51

Jul 28, 2015

I was thrown off by the fact that most other quizzes on this site don't include Turkey in Europe.

Level 39

May 19, 2016

Well Istanbul is in Europe (and Asia), but for exemple Ankara is not.

Level 61

Dec 23, 2015

i missed constantinople, belgrade and gdansk. I'm 12 yrs old

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Level 37

Sep 27, 2019

And now you're 16 ! Time flies !

Level 66

Jul 25, 2021

18 now!

Level 54

May 24, 2023

You're 20 horaay

Level 55

Apr 24, 2024

Level 69

Sep 30, 2016

Would've done better if I hadn't totally botched the spelling of marseille.

Level 71

Jun 4, 2017

Woah, Lisbon.

Level 55

Feb 1, 2018

Isn't Constantinople kind of silly on this quiz? It was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453, and controlled by Muslims ever since. It is now known as Istanbul. I guess you can include Turkey due to the EU presence, but many people never considered this part of Europe. It is directly above Syria and Iraq, and often considered the Middle East. I suppose it can be considered Europe-- a small portion of it-- but this throws many people off. LOL

Level 55

Feb 20, 2018

Istanbul straddles the Bosporus Straight and thus has neighborhoods in both Europe and Asia.

Level 86

Sep 27, 2019

But most other quizzes do not count Istanbul as a European city.

Level 81

Sep 27, 2019

Thrace has been in Europe for as long as Europe has existed as a concept.

Level 66

Sep 27, 2019

Interestingly, "Europa" was the name of a province corresponding to Thrace from 314 to the 640's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(Roman_province)

Level 81

Sep 27, 2019

exactly

Level 90

Sep 28, 2019

Belgrade and Sarajevo were under Ottoman Muslim control in 1700 to. Much of the Balkans still are Muslim. The wars in the breakup of Yugoslavia had frequent massacres by Christians trying to eradicate Muslims and vice versa.

Level 49

Feb 14, 2019

How do I missä Rome...

Level 45

Feb 18, 2019

i actually got gdansk wow. finally remembered it was important for baltic trade...

Level 72

Sep 27, 2019

Got Sarajevo. 12/17

Level 72

Sep 27, 2019

Never would ve guessed the bottom 5 least guessed. And didnt know naples was that significant/big

Level 62

Sep 1, 2023

I think I could have but when I had 2 left I assumed I would have never heard of the others. I was a bit disappointed to find I was wrong.

Level 55

Sep 27, 2019

16/17. Remembered Venice with 1 second to go dammit.

Level 51

Sep 28, 2019

Surprised to see Sarajevo and Belgrade here! Nice quiz

Level 84

Oct 29, 2019

Anyone ever see that video of the lizard on the beach escaping from all those snakes? That's kinda how I feel after only missing Milan(facepalm)

Level 70

Jan 15, 2020

I had ten seconds left, in a frantic hurry I somehow got Sarajevo and Belgrade. Then with like 5 seconds left I did Krakow and then Gdansk. Somehow i finished with one second left with 17/17 XD

Level 62

Sep 1, 2023

Krakow? Unless the population of Krakow in 1700 randomly changed, Krakow's not on the quiz.

Level 49

Jan 22, 2020

Missed marseille and Amsterdam....

Level 56

Jul 1, 2020

wow. I got Gdansk but not Venice

Level 44

Sep 17, 2020

Somehow I got Belgrade but missed Sarajevo :/