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1400
1493First exchange locations
1600
1602VOC: the start of global share trading
1609The Bank of Amsterdam
1610First rules for share trading
1611The exchange of Hendrick de Keyser
1622Exchange drumming
1624A perpetual bond
1634The Tulip mania
1688The first book on share trading
1695Netherlands: Financier of foreign countries
1700
1720The Wind Trade Crisis
1774The world’s first investment fund
1782The Netherlands finances the US
1789Collegie tot Nut des Obligatiehandels
1796The first price list
1800
1823Poyais: investing in an imaginary country
1833The Nieuwe Handel-Sociëteit
1845The Zocher exchange
1845Mercury: symbol of exchange trading
1856Collaborating organizations
1865Railroads on the exchange
1876The Vereniging voor de Effectenhandel
1888The origins of clearing
1890A Second Golden Age
Beurs Rotterdam1898Rotterdam Exchange
1900
1903The exchange of Berlage
1905A stock exchange in The Hague
1913Beursplein 5
1917Russian securities declared invalid
1920A world first: prices through radio
1923The first woman on the exchange
1929Wall Street stockmarket crash
1940The Second World War
1955Everyone is an investor!
De optiebeurs1978The Options Exchange
1983The AEX index
1987Black Monday
1989Independent supervision
1997Amsterdam Exchanges
2000
2000Euronext
2002From floor to screen
2003Corporate Governance Code
2007Competition and new players
2008The gong
Ajax logo2013A goodbye to the paper share

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Latest history

1493 - 1700

1493
First exchange locations
1602
VOC: the start of global share trading
1609
The Bank of Amsterdam
1610
First rules for share trading
1611
The exchange of Hendrick de Keyser
1622
Exchange drumming
1624
A perpetual bond
1634
The Tulip mania
1688
The first book on share trading
1695
Netherlands: Financier of foreign countries

1700 - 1800

1720
The Wind Trade Crisis
1774
The world’s first investment fund
1782
The Netherlands finances the US
1789
Collegie tot Nut des Obligatiehandels
1796
The first price list

1800 - 1900

1823
Poyais: investing in an imaginary country
1833
The Nieuwe Handel-Sociëteit
1845
The Zocher exchange
1845
Mercury: symbol of exchange trading
1856
Collaborating organizations
1865
Railroads on the exchange
1876
The Vereniging voor de Effectenhandel
1888
The origins of clearing
1890
A Second Golden Age
1898
Rotterdam Exchange

1900 - 2000

1903
The exchange of Berlage
1905
A stock exchange in The Hague
1913
Beursplein 5
1917
Russian securities declared invalid
1920
A world first: prices through radio
1923
The first woman on the exchange
1929
Wall Street stockmarket crash
1940
The Second World War
1955
Everyone is an investor!
1978
The Options Exchange
1983
The AEX index
1987
Black Monday
1989
Independent supervision
1997
Amsterdam Exchanges

2000 - heden

2000
Euronext
2002
From floor to screen
2003
Corporate Governance Code
2007
Competition and new players
2008
The gong
2013
A goodbye to the paper share
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