The Italian stock exchange traces its beginnings to a decree issued in the Napoleonic era establishing an exchange in Milan, then the capital of the Kingdom of Italy ruled under French influence. For much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Italy had several regional exchanges, with Milan gradually becoming the most important. The system was reformed in the 1990s, and in 1997 the market was privatised as Borsa Italiana. In 2007 it merged with the London Stock Exchange Group, and in 2021 it was sold to Euronext. The exchange hosts Italy's main companies, including banks, energy groups and luxury brands, and is the country's principal market for raising capital.
Before and after
- from 16 August 1807 to 5 September 1807Battle of Copenhagen
- from 19 November 1807 to 30 November 1807Invasion of Portugal
- 1808Publication of Faust
- 1808Discovery of calcium
- 16 January 1808Founding of Italian Stock Exchange
- from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809Finnish War
- 20 April 1808Birth of Napoleon III
- 3 June 1808Birth of Jefferson Davis
- from 15 June 1808 to 14 August 1808First Siege of Zaragoza
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The era
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