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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. 1450s 1450s The first identified Rothschild ancestor in Frankfurt 1530s 1530 House of the 'Red Shield' built in Frankfurt 1650s 1650s First use of the name 'Rothschild' in records 1740s 1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild born in Frankfurt 1760s 1769 Mayer Amschel Rothschild becomes a Court Agent 1770s 1773 Birth of Amschel Mayer Rothschild 1774 Birth of Salomon Mayer Rothschild 1777 Birth of Nathan Mayer Rothschild 1780s 1785 The 'House of the Green Shield' 1788 Birth of Carl Mayer Rothschild 1790s 1792 Birth of James Rothschild 1798 Nathan Rothschild arrives in Manchester 1800s 1806 The first client: The Elector of Hesse Cassel 1809 Nathan Rothschild moves into New Court 1810s 1810 The first Rothschild family Partnership agreement 1812 Amschel Mayer Rothschild takes over the Frankfurt house 1812 James de Rothschild arrives in Paris 1815 The 'Waterloo' commission 1818 The first Rothschild loan: the Prussian 5% Loan 1820s 1821 Salomon Mayer Rothschild arrives in Vienna 1821 Carl Mayer Rothschild sets up in Naples 1822 Barons of the Austrian Empire 1824 Bankers to Brazil: the Brazilian 5% Loan 1824 Alliance Assurance Company founded 1825 The house of Rothschild rescues the Bank of England 1830s 1834 N M Rothschild appointed Bankers to the United States in Europe 1836 Lionel Nathan de Rothschild leads the London house 1837 Salomon von Rothschild builds Austria's first steam railway 1838 Earliest Rothschild trade with China 1840s 1841 Rothschild cousins and the first tea in Ceylon 1843 Salomon Rothschild buys the Witkowitz (Vítkovice) ironworks 1845 de Rothschild Frères develop the Nord line 1846 Rothschilds raise Irish famine relief funds 1848 Anslem Salomon von Rothschild takes over the Viennese house 1849 Gold: the establishment of a Rothschild agency in San Francisco 1846 Communication par excellence: Pigeon post 1850s 1851 Mayer Amschel de Rothschild builds Mentmore 1852 Foundation of the Hôpital Fondation de Rothschild, Paris 1852 Advisers to Queen Victoria & Prince Albert 1852 Establishment of the Royal Mint Refinery 1853 James de Rothschild builds Château de Ferrières 1853 Nathaniel de Rothschild buys Château Brane Mouton 1855 Mayer Carl and Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild become joint partners in the Frankfurt house 1858 Lionel de Rothschild takes his seat in Parliament as the first Jewish MP 1860s 1860 First rebuilding of New Court 1863 C M de Rothschild e figli in Naples is closed 1868 James de Rothschild acquires Château Lafite 1868 The sons of James de Rothschild succeed him in the Paris house 1869 Opening of the Evelina Hospital, London 1869 Alfred de Rothschild appointed a Director of the Bank of England 1870s 1874 Albert von Rothschild succeeds his father a head of the Viennese house 1875 Lionel de Rothschild assists the British Government to purchase shares in the Suez Canal 1879 Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild becomes Senior Partner 1880s 1881 de Rothschild Frères develop their interests in mining 1884 Ferdinand de Rothschild completes Waddesdon Manor 1885 Nathaniel Rothschild created the first Jewish peer 1885 Creation of the Four Percent Industrial Dwellings Company Ltd 1886 Formation of The Exploration Company 1886 de Rothschild Frères develops interests in Russian oil 1890s 1890 Walter, 2nd Lord Rothschild creates his museum of natural history 1894 Nathaniel von Rothschild credited with introducing football to Austria 1900s 1901 Liquidation of M A Rothschild & Söhne, Frankfurt 1904 St Amant wins the Derby 1905 Béatrice Ephrussi builds the villa Ile-de-France 1905 Edouard Alphonse and Robert de Rothschild take control of de Rothschild Frères 1905 The Fondation Opthalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild opens in Paris 1907 Lionel de Rothschild wins 'La perla del Mediterraneo’ 1907 Loans to Japan 1908 Birth of Miriam Rothschild 1908 Lionel de Rothschild experiments with autochromes 1910s 1910 Birth of Victor, 3rd Lord Rothschild 1911 Lord Rothschild as Chairman of the Alliance Assurance Company declines to insure The 'Titanic' 1911 The three Rothschild sons manage the Vienna bank 1912 The Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves survey initiated by Charles Rothschild 1914 The Aston Clinton Hill Climb 1915 New Court and the First World War 1915 Alfred de Rothschild becomes Senior Partner 1917 The Balfour Declaration is addressed to Walter, 2nd Lord Rothschild 1917 Evelyn de Rothschild and Anthony de Rothschild become Partners at New Court 1918 Charles Rothschild, scientist and organiser, becomes Senior Partner at New Court 1919 Lionel de Rothschild purchases Exbury 1919 The first Gold Fixing takes place at New Court 1920s 1923 Lionel Nathan de Rothschild becomes Sen...

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