520 BC - 1474
Creation, in France, of the first joint stock company
1474 - 1740
Double-entry accounting
1740 - 1945
Promulgation of Le Chapelier Law in France
Start of the abolition of slavery
Revolt of the Luddites in the United Kingdom
Revolt of the canuts in Lyon
Creation of large French banks
Legalization of the right to strike in France
Rationalizing work organization in the United States
Legalisation of trade unions in France
Antitrust Act in the United States
Creation of the Dow Jones in the United States.
Launch of the Ford Model T in the United States
First World War
Creation of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
First international passenger air service
Independence movement led by Mahatma Gandhi
The first Five-Year Plan in the USSR
Keynes publishes the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Schumpeter's creative destruction
1945 to the present
Creation of a minimum wage in France
French women are given the right to choose a professional activity and manage their own assets
General strike and industrial action in France
Creation of the CAC 40 index in France
General strike in France
Bursting of the Internet bubble
Emergence of social networks
Collapse of Enron, the 7th largest company in the United States
Bankruptcy and restructuring of General Motors
