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Rothschild Timeline
Chronology c.1450 to the present day
Selected milestones in the history of the family and key dates in the history of the development of the Rothschild businesses are detailed here. Click on a year date to reveal further information about the events that shaped history; a relevant image will also appear at the top of the page.
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1450s
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1450sThe first identified Rothschild ancestor in Frankfurt
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1530s
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1530House of the ‘Red Shield’ built in Frankfurt
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1650s
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1650sFirst evidence of the name ‘Rothschild’ in records
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1740s
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1744Mayer Amschel Rothschild born in Frankfurt
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1750s
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1757Mayer Amschel Rothschild apprenticed at Oppenheimer Bank
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1760s
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1769Mayer Amschel Rothschild becomes Court Agent to the Principality of Hesse-Hanau
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1770s
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1773Birth of Amschel Mayer Rothschild
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1774Birth of Salomon Mayer Rothschild
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1777Birth of Nathan Mayer Rothschild
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1780s
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1785Rothschild family move into the ‘House of the Green Shield’
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1788Birth of Carl Mayer Rothschild
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1790s
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1792Birth of James Rothschild
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1796The first Rothschild family partnership
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1798Nathan Rothschild leaves Frankfurt for Manchester
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1800s
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1800Mayer Amschel Rothschild granted title of Imperial Crown Agent
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1806The first Rothschild client: The Elector of Hesse Cassel
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1809Rothschilds first deal in bullion
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1810s
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1810James Rothschild joins the family Partnership
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1810N M Rothschild established in London
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1812Amschel Mayer Rothschild assumes control of the Frankfurt house
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1812James de Rothschild establishes de Rothschild Frères
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1814The Rothschilds supply gold to Wellington
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1815News of the English victory at Waterloo reaches New Court
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1818First major loan business: the Prussian Government 5% Loan
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1820s
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1821Salomon Rothschild arranges loans to Prince Metternich
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1821Carl Rothschild sets up in Naples
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1822The Rothschild brothers are made Barons
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1824Bankers to Brazil: the Brazilian 5% Loan
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1824Alliance Assurance Company founded
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1825Rothschilds save the Bank of England
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1830s
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1834N M Rothschild appointed Bankers to the United States in Europe
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1835Rothschilds begin their involvement with Almadén
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1836Death of Nathan Mayer Rothschild: Lionel Nathan de Rothschild leads the London house
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1838Earliest Rothschild trade with China
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1839Salomon von Rothschild builds Austria’s first railway
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1840s
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1841Rothschild cousins and Ceylon tea
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1843Salomon Rothschild buys the Witkowitz (Vítkovice) ironworks
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1845de Rothschild Frères finances the Nord line
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1846Rothschilds raise Irish famine relief funds
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1848Anslem Salomon von Rothschild takes over the Viennese house
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1849Gold in California: establishment of a Rothschild agency in San Francisco
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1850s
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1850The London bank uses the new communcations services of Reuters
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1851Mayer Rothschild builds Mentmore Towers
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1852Foundation of the Hôpital Fondation de Rothschild, Paris
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1852Advisers to Royalty
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1852Acquisition of the San Rafael Ironworks
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1852Establishment of the Royal Mint Refinery
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1853James de Rothschild builds Château de Ferrières
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1853Nathaniel de Rothschild buys Château Brane Mouton
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1855Mayer Carl and Wilhelm Carl become joint partners in the Frankfurt house
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1857The American Banking Crisis
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1857Adolphe de Rothschild builds Château de Pregny
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1858Lionel de Rothschild takes his seat in Parliament
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1860s
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1860First rebuilding of New Court
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1863Closure of the Naples business
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1868James de Rothschild buys Château Lafite
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1868Alphonse de Rothschild assumes control of the Paris house
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1869Opening of the Evelina Hospital, London
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1869Alfred de Rothschild appointed as a Director of the Bank of England
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1870s
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1870Foundation of the Hôpital Rothschild, Berck Plage-sur-mer
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1871‘The Baron’s Year’: pre-eminence on the turf
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1872The first Channel Tunnel project begins
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1873The Rothschilds become shareholders in Rio Tinto
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1874Salomon Albert Anselm takes over the Viennese house
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1875Foundation of the Clementine Hospital, Frankfurt
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1875Lionel de Rothschild funds the ‘Suez’ purchase
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1879Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild becomes Senior Partner
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1880s
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1881The French Rothschilds co-found the mining company, Peñarroya
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1882The Bengal and North Western Railway Loan
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1883The French Rothschilds establish the mining company, Société Le Nickel
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1884Ferdinand de Rothschild entertains at Waddesdon Manor
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1885Nathaniel Rothschild created the first Jewish peer
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1885Creation of the Four Percent Industrial Dwellings Company Ltd
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1886Formation of The Exploration Company
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1886N M Rothschild & Sons arrange finance for the Manchester Ship Canal
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1886de Rothschild Frères develops interests in Russian oil
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1887Rothschilds finance the establishment of De Beers
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1889Burma Ruby Mines Limited share issue
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1890s
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1890Walter, 2nd Lord Rothschild creates his natural history museum
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1890The Baring Crisis
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1892South African Republic (Transvaal) 5% Loan for public works
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1894Nathaniel von Rothschild credited with introducing the sport of football to Austria
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1896Burma Railway Loan
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1897The Pekin Syndicate
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1900s
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1900Establishment of the Rhodes Scholarships
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1901Closure of the Frankfurt Bank
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1902An ‘entertaining’ client list
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1904St Amant wins the Derby
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1905Béatrice Ephrussi builds the villa Ile-de-France
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1905Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild takes control of de Rothschild Frères
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1905The Fondation Opthalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild opens in Paris
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1907Lionel de Rothschild wins ‘La perla del Mediterraneo’
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1907Loans to Japan
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1908Birth of Miriam Rothschild
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1908Lionel de Rothschild experiments with autochromes
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1910s
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1910Birth of Victor, 3rd Lord Rothschild
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1911Lord Rothschild declines to insure The ‘Titanic’
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1911The three Rothschild sons manage the Vienna bank
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1912The Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves survey
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1914The Aston Clinton Hill Climb
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1915New Court and the First World War
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1915Alfred de Rothschild becomes Senior Partner
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1917The Balfour Declaration
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1917Evelyn de Rothschild and Anthony de Rothschild become Partners
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1918Charles Rothschild, scientist and organiser, becomes Senior Partner
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1919The first Gold Fixing takes place at New Court
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1920s
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1923Lionel Nathan de Rothschild becomes Senior Partner
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1923Baron Edmond de Rothschild establishes the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association
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1924Rothschild philanthropy in Frankfurt
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1925Gunnersbury Estate becomes a public park
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1924Economic reconstruction in Europe: Hungarian bonds
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1928N M Rothschild & Sons finances expansion of London’s Underground railways
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1929Henri de Rothschild opens the Theatre Pigalle
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1930s
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1931N M Rothschild & Sons respond to the Creditanstalt crisis
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1933Support for Jewish refugees
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1934The fabulous Rothschild Hispano-Suizas
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1936Lionel de Rothschild and The Roads Beautifying Association
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1937Mr Eddy’s Round-the-World tour
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1937N M Rothschild & Sons and the nationalisation of the French railways
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1938The Rothschilds leave Vienna
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1939The Royal Mint Refinery helps the war effort
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1940s
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1940Members of the French family leave France on ‘Mendes’ visas
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1940Rothschilds in the United States
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1941New Court survives the blitz
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1942Anthony Gustav de Rothschild becomes Senior Partner
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1946Château Mouton ‘Victory Year’ wine label
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1946The French Rothschilds acquire Paris Orléans
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1947Edmund de Rothschild becomes a Partner
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1948Business resumes with Japan
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1949Guy de Rothschild becomes head of the French bank
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1950s
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1950Guy de Rothschild becomes president of the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Nord
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1953Rothschilds finance development of natural resources in Newfoundland and Labrador
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1956N M Rothschild & Sons establishes the Merchant Bank of Central Africa
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1956Leopold de Rothschild becomes a Partner
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1957James and Dorothy de Rothschild give Waddesdon Manor to the nation
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1958Dorothy de Rothschild establishes Yad Hanadiv
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1959N M Rothschild & Sons sets up its first unit trust
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1959Evelyn de Rothschild becomes a Partner
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1960s
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1960Edmund de Rothschild becomes Senior Partner of the London house
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1960N M Rothschild & Sons: first non-Rothschild partner appointed
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1961Rothschilds and Chile
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1963Edmond de Rothschild forms La Compagnie Financière
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1963Jacob Rothschild becomes a Partner
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1964Rothschild returns to Manchester
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1965The London bank occupies new offices
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1966The Knesset ceremony of dedication takes place
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1967Sale of the Royal Mint Refinery
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1967Creation of Banque Rothschild; rebuilding of the French bank offices
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1967N M Rothschild & Sons finance the Rio de Janeiro-Niteroi Bridge
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1968Creation of Rothschild Bank AG
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1970s
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1970N M Rothschild & Sons becomes a limited company
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1971N M Rothschild & Sons first involvement in privatisation
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1973N M Rothschild & Sons Limited advise Rolls-Royce
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1973Mr Edmund de Rothschild awarded the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure
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1973Rothschild Asset Management Limited is established
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1973N M Rothschild & Sons Limited finance railways in Hong Kong
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1974Banque Rothschild establishes Imétal
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1975Victor, 3rd Lord Rothschild becomes Chairman
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1979N M Rothschild & Sons advise on developmental projects in China
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1976Evelyn de Rothschild becomes Chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited
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1980s
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1980Jacob Rothschild establishes RIT
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1982Nationalisation of the French bank
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1983Relaunch of Rothschild’s French activities through Paris Orléans
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1984Privatisation of British Telecom
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1984Rothschild advise on the flotation of Reuters
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1986Privatisation of British Gas
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1986Creation of Rothschild & Cie
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1987Sale of British Petroleum
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1988Rothschild appointed financial adviser to the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation
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1988Privatisation of British Steel
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1989Rothschild banking returns to Frankfurt
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1989Water company privatisation
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1990s
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1990Electricity privatisation
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1990N M Rothschild & Sons Limited opens Denver office
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1992Inauguration of the new Supreme Court building, Israel
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1993N M Rothschild & Sons Limited advise on the restructuring of the British railway industry
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1993Rothschild reopened the dormant Eurosterling convertible bond market
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1993Rothschild advises Peel Holdings on the acquistion of shares in The Manchester Ship Canal Company
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1993Creation of ‘The Rothschild Collection’ of historic gold and silver bars by N M Rothschild & Sons (Australia)
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1994Sale of British Coal
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1996Memorandum of Understanding with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
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1996Rothschild forms a joint venture with ABM AMRO
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1997Rothschild appointed by HM Prison Service to advise on financing of new prisons
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1998Rothschild Australia Limited begins to trade as a bank
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2000s
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2000N M Rothschild & Sons Limited develop 3G licence auctions
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2001Rothschild becomes the leading adviser on UK takeovers worth less than £250 million
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2003N M Rothschild & Sons: ‘Bank of the Year’
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2003Unification of the French and English Rothschild businesses
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2003David de Rothschild becomes Rothschild Group Chairman
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2004End of the Gold Fixing at New Court
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2008Fourth rebuilding of New Court
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2010s
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2010The ‘Plastiki’ crosses the Pacific
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2010Rothschild advise Zhejiang Geely on the acquisition of Volvo Car Corporation
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2011Domaines Barons de Rothschild develops its first Chinese vineyard
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2011N M Rothschild & Sons Limited becomes Rothschild Group
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2012Bicentenary of the arrival of James de Rothschild in Paris
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2012New Court shortlisted for the 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize
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2015Rothschild advise Network Rail
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2015Rothschild advise on the sale of the ‘Financial Times’
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2015Rebranding to Rothschild & Co.
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2015Ariane de Rothschild appointed CEO, Edmond de Rothschild Group
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2016Rothschild & Co establishes Chicago office
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2017Rothschild & Co completes merger with Compagnie Financière Martin Maurel
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2017Rothschild & Co opens a new wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo
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2017Rothschild & Co opens a San Francisco Bay Area office
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2017Rothschild & Co advises Notting Hill Housing on £400m bond issue
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2018Alexandre de Rothschild becomes Executive Chairman, Rothschild & Co
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2018Rothschild & Co. sells its Trust Services division
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2018Rothschild & Co advises on the sale of Wembley Stadium
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2019The Rothschild family sell their last link with Austria after 200 Years
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2019Rothschild & Co provides debt advice to The All England Lawn Tennis Ground on its £200m bank refinancing
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2020s
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2020Rothschild & Co advises on sale of shareholdings in the world’s largest offshore wind farm project
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1960 N M Rothschild & Sons: first non-Rothschild partner appointed
The Partners’ Room in the second New Court.