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Historical Events
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1412-01-16 - The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
1453-05-29 - French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
1934-11-20 - New Belgian govt of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers)
1945-01-27 - Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested
1982-06-19 - The body of God's Banker, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
1994-03-14 - Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
1998-11-30 - Deutsche Bank announces a $10 billion USDdeal to buy Bankers Trust, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 59 of 59
1459-03-06 - Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant
1697-09-06 - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant
1735-09-07 - Thomas Coutts, Scottish banker
1740-04-18 - Francis Baring, banker/merchant
1743-02-23 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)
1758-11-07 - Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker/politician
1763-07-17 - John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1786-12-05 - Henry Drummond, English banker/apostole
1791-10-26 - Charles Sprague, Boston, banker/poet (Curiosity)
1827-02-01 - Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker
1832-12-12 - Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (liberal)
1834-01-30 - Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician
1837-04-17 - John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)
1839-02-07 - Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)
1844-10-29 - Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker
1845-06-17 - Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker
1855-11-13 - Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker
1865-03-01 - Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java)
1867-02-21 - Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co
1870-09-30 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)
1879-05-25 - W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker
1880-06-21 - Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker (d. 1941)
1881-09-07 - Constantly WL Scheurleer, Dutch archaeologist/banker/art expert
1885-10-19 - Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)
1887-08-13 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
1892-02-15 - James Forrestal, US, banker/minister of Navy
1895-03-31 - John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man)
1897-12-18 - Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker
1904-04-21 - Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67)
1906-02-10 - Walraven (Wally) van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis
1908-09-26 - Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker
1909-05-21 - Guy de Rothschild, French banker
1910-01-07 - Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron
1911-07-05 - Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France
1916-08-30 - Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker
1917-08-12 - Douglas Gunsekera, banker
1918-01-17 - Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician
1920-04-13 - Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)
1920-05-20 - John Cruickshank, banker
1922-05-14 - Agha Hasan Abedi, banker
1923-02-17 - Alden Winship Clausen, Hamilton Ill, banker (Pres of World Bank)
1925-10-24 - Jayaaram N Reddy, South African politician/banker
1926-08-15 - Lewis T Preston, banker
1927-07-20 - Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 agent/banker
1928-05-29 - Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds)
1930-07-24 - Charles Hambro, English banker/multi-millionaire/CEO (Hambros)
1931-03-29 - Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1932-11-23 - Michel David-Weill, French investment banker
1933-01-17 - Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire
1933-04-22 - Robin Hutton, merchant banker
1935-05-28 - Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire
1935-06-18 - Hugh McColl, American banker
1936-04-29 - Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1936-08-10 - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao
1936-10-13 - John Menzies, Scottish publisher/banker/multi-millionaire
1940-06-28 - Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1942-12-14 - David Band, banker
1955-04-18 - Amschel Rothschild, banker
1967-02-25 - Nick Leeson, British banker (Baring bank)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 42 of 42
1456-11-25 - Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
1525-12-30 - Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66
1630-09-11 - John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide
1718-01-06 - Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)
1757-06-27 - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59
1850-03-27 - Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53
1860-02-20 - Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69
1862-09-30 - Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union brig-gen, dies of injury at about 40
1864-07-25 - Clement Hoffman Stevens, Us banker/inventor/Conf brig-gen, dies at 42
1875-08-27 - William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826)
1877-03-24 - Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51
1897-11-30 - Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64
1905-05-26 - Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies
1911-02-11 - Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
1913-03-31 - John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75
1913-05-28 - Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
1927-02-06 - Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71
1937-12-17 - Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72
1941-03-03 - Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59
1945-02-12 - Walraven [Wally] van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39
1946-07-02 - Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81
1948-02-02 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father or Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870)
1952-04-23 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887)
1977-05-22 - Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73
1977-07-30 - Jorgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered
1982-09-05 - Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker, dies at 73
1990-12-11 - Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92
1992-01-23 - Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies
1992-08-08 - Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor, dies
1993-10-21 - Melchior Ndadaye, banker/1st Hutu pres of Burundi (1993), murder at 40
1993-11-02 - P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees & Hope), dies at about 86
1994-02-05 - Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler & Adenauer, dies at 92
1994-08-10 - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao, murdered at 58
1995-04-24 - Douglas Gunsekera, banker, dies at 77
1995-05-04 - Lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68
1995-08-05 - Agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73
1996-02-23 - Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at 78
1996-03-28 - David Band, banker, dies at 53
1996-07-08 - Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41
1997-12-01 - Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
1998-05-08 - Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912)
2005-07-31 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. 1935)
