Capital flows: VOC shares, Amsterdam markets, and colonial investment (1602–1720)

1. States-General charters the VOC as joint-stock company

   Mar 20, 1602Labels: States-General, VOC

   • Britannica
   • VOC Wiki

2. VOC opens broad share subscription to raise capital

   Sep 1, 1602Labels: VOC, Investors

   • VOC Wiki
   • Finance Museum

3. Wisselbank founded to stabilize trade payments

   Jan 31, 1609Labels: Wisselbank, Amsterdam

   • Britannica
   • Bank Amsterdam

4. Bear raid and ban on “naked” short sales

   Apr 1, 1610Labels: Isaac Le, States-General

   • Le Maire
   • WorldsFirstSE

5. Amsterdam opens the 1611 exchange building

   Aug 1, 1611Labels: Beurs, Amsterdam Exchange

   • Amsterdamer B rse
   • Euronext Amsterdam

6. Brokers’ guild founded, professionalizing Amsterdam trading

   Jan 1, 1612Labels: Brokers' Guild, Brokers

   • Makelaers
   • Euronext Amsterdam

7. VOC establishes Batavia as Asian headquarters

   May 30, 1619Labels: Batavia, VOC

   • Batavia Wiki
   • Canon NL

8. VOC uses violence to secure Banda nutmeg monopoly

   Jan 1, 1621Labels: Banda Islands, Jan Pieterszoon

   • Canon NL
   • Coen DE

9. Tulip contract boom collapses in the Dutch Republic

   Feb 7, 1637Labels: Tulip Mania

   • Tulip mania
   • Britannica

10. Rampjaar pressures confidence; Wisselbank’s stability matters

    Jan 1, 1672Labels: Rampjaar, Wisselbank

    • Britannica
    • Bank Amsterdam

11. VOC expands scale amid abundant Dutch capital

    Jan 1, 1680Labels: VOC, Dutch capital

    • VOC Wiki
    • Dutch economy

12. Dutch investors join the 1720 international “bubble” boom

    Sep 1, 1720Labels: 1720 Bubble, Dutch investors

    • Britannica
    • Bubble boom