Renaissance · Europe · Technology

1571

Royal Exchange Opens in London

1571

Sir Thomas Gresham's new Royal Exchange opened in London as a meeting place for merchants, modeled on the Antwerp bourse. Elizabeth I personally toured it and granted it its royal title. The institution would play a central role in the growth of English commercial finance for the next three centuries.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1570: Abraham Ortelius Atlas
After: April 1, 1572: Sea Beggars Capture Brielle

Before and after in Technology

Before: 1539: First Printing Press in the Americas
After: 1589: William Lee Invents the Stocking Frame

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.