A History of Share Prices - Chronology of financial crises and market panics

Oct 13, 2026

A concise chronology traces major financial crises and market panics from medieval banking disruptions to modern global downturns. The timeline highlights recurring failures tied to credit overexpansion, state defaults, bank liquidations, and bursting asset bubbles, linking each episode to specific regions and institutions. It covers episodes such as the banking collapses of Italian city-states, London and Dutch turmoil, the South Sea and Mississippi bubbles, and later shocks including the dotcom collapse, the Global Financial Crisis, and recent policy-driven turning points.

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Chronology of financial crises and market panics

Medieval to early modern defaults and bank failures

Asset bubbles, wars, and late-modern to contemporary crises

A History of Share Prices Chronology of financial crises and market panics from the Middle Ages to the present: 1255 “Overexpansion of credit led to banking failures in 1255-62” in Italy 1294 Edward I default to the Ricciardi of Lucca during war with France 1298 Seizure of the Gran Tavola of Sienna by Philip IV of France 1307 Liquidation of the Knights Templar by Philip IV 1311 Edward II default to the Frescobaldi of Florence 1326 Bankruptcy of the Scali of Florence and Asti of Sienna 1342 Edward III default to the Florentine banks during the Hundred Years’War 1345 Bankruptcy of the Bardi and Peruzzi; depression,“Great crash of the 1340s” 1380 Ciompi Revolt in Florence.“Crash of the early 1380s” 1401 Italian bankers expelled from Aragon in 1401, England in 1403, France in 1410 1433 Fiscal crisis in Florence after wars with Milan and Lucca 1464 Death of Cosimo de Medici: loans called in; wave of bankruptcies in Florence 1470 Edward IV default to the Medici during the Wars of the Roses 1478 Bruges branch of the Medici bank liquidated on bad debts 1494 Overthrow of the Medici after the capture of Florence by Charles VIII of France 1525 Siege of Genoa by Imperial troops; coup in 1527 1557 Philip II of Spain restructuring of debts inherited from Charles V 1566 Start of the Dutch Revolt against Spain: disruption of Spanish trade 1575 Philip II default: “Financial crisis of 1575-79” affected Genoese creditors 1596 Philip II default: “Financial crisis of 1596 severely affected Genoese businessmen” 1607 Spanish state bankruptcy: failure of Genoese banks 1619 Kipper-und-Wipperzeit: “Monetary crisis at the outbreak of the Thirty Years’War” 1627 Spanish bankruptcy: collapse of Genoese banks and the Fugggers 1637 End of the Dutch Tulipmania; also,“Dutch East India Company shares, canals” 1648 French state bankruptcy,“eliminated the Italian bankers” 1652 Outbreak of the First Anglo-Dutch War: attacks by Britain on Dutch shipping 1666 Second Anglo-Dutch War: disruption to the Dutch spice fleet 1672 Rampjaar (Disaster Year) in Holland: French/English invasion 1696 English government debt crisis during the Nine Years’War against France 1705 English crisis during the War of the Spanish Succession against France 1720 Collapse of the South Sea Bubble in England and Mississippi Bubble in France 1761 English government debt crisis over the Seven Years’War against France 1769 Collapse of the Bengal Bubble in East India Company stock 1772 Credit Crisis in London and the American colonies 1783 Economic depression in Britain and America after the Revolutionary War 1792 Boom and bust in the First Bank of the United States after Hamilton’s refunding 1797 Land speculation bubble burst. Bank run in England on fear of French invasion 1802 Boom and bust after the Peace of Amiens between Britain and France 1807 Jefferson’s Embargo Act: restriction of trade with Britain 1812 Outbreak of the War of 1812 against Britain 1819 Land bubble burst; bank failures. Tightening by the Second Bank of the U.S. 1825 Emerging market (Latin America) bubble burst in London 1837 Collapse of bubbles in canals, cotton and land; run on banks 1847 Collapse of railway boom in London (following Bank Charter Act) 1857 Global market panic; railway bubble; failure of Ohio Life Co 1866 Failure of Overend Gurney and Co. in London; banking crisis 1869 Black Friday in NY: collapse of Gould and Fisk gold speculation 1873 Railroad bubble; Jay Cooke failure; end of silver coinage 1877 Great Railroad Strike: deflation and wage cuts following the Panic of 1873 1884 Tightening by NYC national banks; bank failures in NY 1893 Railroad bubble burst, bank failures, run on gold reserves; Sherman Silver Act 1896 Run on silver reserves; commodity price declines; National Bank of Illinois failure 1901 Cornering of Northern Pacific Railway stock 1907 Bankers’Panic: cornering of United Copper Co; failure of Knickerbocker Trust Co 1910 Enforcement of S

FAQs

What time span does the document cover for share-price-related crises?

It spans from 1255 through 2015, listing major crises by year.

What recurring causes are emphasized in the timeline?

The document repeatedly links crises to credit overexpansion, banking failures, state defaults, and bursting asset bubbles.

Which later events are included in the chronology?

It includes the dotcom bubble collapse and accounting scandals in 2001, the Global Financial Crisis around 2008, the US debt ceiling crisis and Eurozone sovereign debt crisis around 2011, and the end of zero interest rate policy in 2015.

Oct 13, 2026

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