Bank of England founded
1694 · Event
World's second central bank; underwrites Britain's military and imperial spending.
On these timelines: England, Economic History, Master, United Kingdom (combined), British Empire
More from England
- English Bill of Rights (1689)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Victorian era (1837)
- Domesday Book (1086)
- Reign of William the Conqueror (1066)
- Acts of Union 1707 (1707)
- Battle of Hastings (1066)
Around 1694
- Reign of Peter the Great (1682)
- Glorious Revolution (1688)
- Salem witch trials (1692)
- Siege of Vienna (1683) (1683)
- Great Plague of London (1665)
- Newton's Principia Mathematica (1687)
- Walpole's premiership (1721)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Peter the Great (1672)