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Hungary experiences further economic decline under Charles …

Years: 1684 - 1827

Hungary experiences further economic decline under Charles and Maria Theresa.

Centuries of Ottoman occupation, rebellion, and war have reduced Hungary's population drastically, and large parts of the country's southern half are almost deserted.

A labor shortage develops as landowners restore their estates.

In response, the Habsburgs begin to colonize Hungary with large numbers of peasants from all over Europe, especially Slovaks, Serbs, Croatians, and Germans.

Many Jews also immigrate from Vienna and the empire's Polish lands near the end of the century.

Hungary's population more than triples to eight million between 1720 and 1787.

However, only thirty-nine percent of its people are Magyars, who live mainly in the center of the country.

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Central Europe (1684 - 1827)
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East Central Europe (1684 - 1827)