This section is from the book "Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge And Useful Infomation", by David Bepler. Also available from Amazon: Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge and Useful Information.
The first bank was established in Italy in SOS. Other banks were established as follows :
Bank of Year
Venice..... ................1151
Geneva.....................1345
Barcelona.................1401
Genoa......................1407
Amsterdam......... ......1G07
Hamburg..................1619
Rotterdam..................1635
Stockholm..................16S8
Bank of Year
England...................1694
Scotland.....................1695
Copenhagen................1736
Berlin.....................1765
Ireland.....................1783
St. Petersburg..............1780
France.....................1803
New York(U. S.)..........1784
 
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