Sedem generácií a dve storočia bankovníctva

1760s - The orphaned Mayer Amschel Rothschild starts a coins and medals business in Frankfurt

1789 - Mayer appointed an agent to William IX of Hanau

1798 - Mayer's son Nathan leaves Frankfurt to become a textile and general merchant in Manchester

1812 - Nathan's brother James establishes a banking house in Paris

1815 The English branch of the Rothschilds supply gold to the Duke of Wellington's campaign at Waterloo

1820 - Nathan's brother settles in Vienna; his brother Carl starts a business in Naples

1836 - Nathan dies

1840 - NM Rothschild and Sons becomes one of the Bank of England's bullion brokers

1850s - Great houses are built. Bordeaux vineyards of Mouton and Lafite are acquired

1875 - Lionel de Rothschild raises finance for British stake in the Suez Canal

1887 - Rothschilds funds the creation of the diamond dealers De Beers

1901 - With no male heirs, the Frankfurt dynasty comes to an end

1919 - NM Rothschild & Sons chair new daily fixing of the gold price

1926 - The company finances the spread of the London Underground

1929 - Beginning of difficult years for family. Wall Street crash; rise of Nazi Europe

1960s - Rothschilds look to US; start of Rothschild Inc

1981 - France nationalises the highly successful Paris House but the family refuses defeat and starts new business.

1985 - Rothschilds advises on British Gas privatisation

2004 - An international banking dynasty, Rothschild have 40 countries worldwide

31.08.2008

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