520 BC - 1474
Financial crisis in Rome
Polyaenus' stratagems for financing war
Fibonacci brings Arab numbers to Europe
Creation, in France, of the first joint stock company
The first major banks
Creation of the first stock exchange
1474 - 1740
First commodities exchange in France
First speculative bubble, on the tulip bulb market
First bearer notes redeemable in cash in Sweden
Creation of the first central bank
South Sea Bubble in Great Britain
Creation of the Paris Bourse
1740 - 1945
Creation of the dollar
Two-thirds bankruptcy in France
Creation of the Banque de France by Napoleon Bonaparte
Creation of large French banks
Crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange in Austria
Great Depression in Europe and the United States
Stock market crash and collapse of the Union générale in France
Collapse and rescue of the Barings Bank
Panama financial scandal
Creation of the Dow Jones in the United States.
US bank run followed by the creation of the Fed
Russian Revolution
Stock market crash on Wall Street and start of the 1930s crisis
Creation of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Bankruptcy of the Creditanstalt, first bank in Austria
The New Deal in the United States
1945 to the present
Creation of the Paris Club
Launch of the first general-purpose credit card
Collapse of the Herstatt Bank in Germany and creation of the Basel Committee
Debt crisis in emerging countries
Wall Street crash in the United States
Creation of the CAC 40 index in France
Monetary and financial crisis in Asia
Development of the financial markets
Merger of Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris stock exchanges
Bursting of the Internet bubble
Attacks against the World Trade Center on 11 September
Financial and economic crisis in Argentina
Start of the subprime crisis
Responses by the G20 countries to the subprime crisis
Debt crisis in certain euro area countries
Indignants movement
European banking union
