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Placed in Manhattan to protect the Dutch from Indian and British attacks.
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To pay of the debt caused by the Revolutionary War over $80 million of bonds were released for purchase.
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On March 15th, 1685 plans were laid out for Wall Street and in 1792 Wall Street was established due to the Buttonwood Agreement. The agreement was between 24 stockbrokers and it eventually let to the New York Stock Exchange.
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The fist constituion was established by the founders of the Buttonwood Agreement and the New York Stock Exchange was established.
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An out of control fire destroys almost 700 buildings in Manhattan including the NYSE.
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Edward Callahan created a device he called the stock ticker which allowed current stock prices to be available.
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Black Friday was the crumble of the gold market due to gold speculators.
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WWI has caused my exchanges to shutdown and the NYSE shut down for almost 5 months.
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Start of the Great Depression because the prices for stocks had peaked and had nowhere else to go but down.
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NASDAQ became the first electronic stock market
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In April of 2006 the NYSE became open to the public and went electronic.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22.11%
