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Surveyors lay out Wall Street along the line of the stockade.
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First stock exchange formed in London. Officially known as the LSE
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The Buttonwood Agreement is signed by 24 New York City stockbrokers and merchants and thus the foundation of the NYSE was complete.
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The Panic of 1819 signifies first stock market crash.
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Another stock market crash, prices plummet
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The telegraph is invented which ushers in a new and more efficient method of communcation between brokers and investors outside of NYC.
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Stock market declines yet again
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Civil War results in the suspension of the NYS&BE in seceding states
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Price of gold rises sharply, caused by Jay Gould and James Fisk
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Clearing house organized to centralize and expedite the transfer of securities from broker to broker
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Another stock market decline
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Stock market declines.
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Market plummets in Hong Kong followed by other markets
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Investors spooked by assassination of President McKinley. Market declines
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NYSE moves to current location at 18 Broad Street
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As a result of World War I, securities exchanges around the world suspend service in order to stop plunging prices. They do not open back up until some 4 months later.
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Market crashes and ushers in the period what is now called the "Great Depression"
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NASDAQ is a network of computers that allows trades to be executed electronically which speeds up the process and is far more efficient that trades through other methods.
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The NYSE Group, Inc. combine with Euronext N.V to create the holding company NYSE Euronext
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IntercontinentalExchange announces it will buy out NYSE Euronext.
