South Sea Company and the South Sea Bubble (1711–1720)

1. South Sea Company chartered to manage war debt

   Sep 8, 1711Labels: South Sea, Queen Anne

   • UK Parliament Hansard
   • Wikipedia

2. Company issues shares against government debt

   Sep 10, 1711Labels: South Sea, Government Debt

   • Wikipedia
   • UK Parliament Hansard

3. Treaty of Utrecht grants the Asiento

   Apr 1, 1713Labels: Treaty of, Asiento

   • Britannica
   • Asiento
   • Wikipedia

4. South Sea trade proves far less profitable

   Jan 1, 1717Labels: South Sea, Asiento Trade

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

5. George I becomes company governor

   Feb 1, 1718Labels: George I, South Sea

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

6. Debt-conversion contest with the Bank of England

   Dec 1, 1719Labels: Bank of, South Sea

   • Harvard Mag
   • Wikipedia

7. Parliament accepts the debt takeover scheme

   Feb 1, 1720Labels: Parliament, South Sea

   • Britannica
   • Physics Today
   • Harvard Mag

8. Shares surge as new stock is issued on credit

   Mar 1, 1720Labels: South Sea, Credit Loans

   • Harvard Mag
   • Britannica

9. Bubble Act receives royal assent

   Jun 11, 1720Labels: Bubble Act, Parliament

   • Bubble Act
   • Wikipedia

10. Share price peaks near late June 1720

    Jun 24, 1720Labels: South Sea, Share Price

    • Harvard Mag
    • Britannica

11. Market confidence breaks and prices collapse

    Sep 1, 1720Labels: Stock Crash, South Sea

    • Britannica
    • Harvard Mag

12. Parliament opens investigations into the scandal

    Dec 8, 1720Labels: Parliament, Investigation

    • Britannica
    • 1911 Britannica

13. Committee of Secrecy reports fraud and bribery

    Feb 1, 1721Labels: Committee of, Robert Walpole

    • Parliament Archives
    • Britannica
    • 1911 Britannica

14. Aftermath: stability restored, company survives restructured

    Dec 1, 1721Labels: South Sea, Restructuring

    • Britannica
    • Wikipedia