The Bank of Montreal, often abbreviated BMO, is one of the largest banks in Canada and the country's oldest, set up by a group of Montreal merchants under a charter from the colonial authorities. It issued its own banknotes in the early years, as was usual for banks of the time, and it served as the government's banker for a long period. In the nineteenth century it helped finance the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and grew with the Canadian economy, opening branches across the country. Later it expanded into the United States, where it operates through the former Harris Bank in Chicago and other acquisitions, and its business now spans personal banking, wealth management and investment banking.
Before and after
- 1817Discovery of cadmium
- from 1817 to 1818Great Rebellion of 1817–1818
- 1817Discovery of lithium
- 1817Discovery of selenium
- 23 June 1817Founding of Bank of Montreal
- 12 July 1817Birth of Henry David Thoreau
- 18 July 1817Death of Jane Austen
- 26 August 1817Founding of University of Michigan
- from November 1817 to February 1818Third Anglo-Maratha War
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- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
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- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
The era
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