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* 1609 Amsterdam Wisselbank founded[http://www.econ.tcu.edu/Quinn/Working%20Papers/Early%20Bank%20of%20Amsterdam.pdf] - the first central bank.


* 1637 Dutch tulip bubble[http://people.few.eur.nl/smant/m-economics/tulipmania.htm]
* 1637 Dutch tulip bubble[http://people.few.eur.nl/smant/m-economics/tulipmania.htm]

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A timeline (or several) relating to Financial system.
  • 1609 Amsterdam Wisselbank founded[1] - the first central bank.
  • 1637 Dutch tulip bubble[2]
  • 1694 Formation of the Bank of England[3]
  • 1720 South Sea Bubble[4]
  • 1864 US National Bank Act - established a national banking system and the chartering of national banks.
  • 1866 Overend and Gurney bank rescued[[5]
  • 1890 Barings bank rescued
  • 1913 US Federal Reserve Act - established the Federal Reserve System [6]
  • 1933 New Deal
    US Glass-Steagall Act - created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation[7]. Separated commercial banking from investment banking.[[8]
  • 1980 US Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
  • 1986 UK Building Societies Act [9][10]
  • 1987 Global stock market crash[11]
  • 1989 LTCM hedge fund rescued[12]
  • 1999 US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act - repealed the Glass Steagall Act of 1933, and introduced other changes including expanding the Federal Home Loan Bank System.