Events
- World population was nearing 1 billion people. The 1 billion milestone would not be reached until two years later, in 1802. The population distribution by region:
- Africa: 107,000,000
- Asia: 635,000,000
- China: 300–400,000,000
- Europe: 203,000,000
- Latin-America: 24,000,000
- Northern America: 7,000,000
- Oceania: 2,000,000
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