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  2. Tulip mania - Wikipedia

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    [37] [38] The actual circumstances of the crash are unknown. [39] [40] The collapse seems to have occurred by the end of the first week of February 1637, which caused a number of disputes over the extant contracts. [41] On February 7th, tulip growers scrambled in Utrecht to elect representatives for a national assembly in Amsterdam. [40]

  3. 1630s - Wikipedia

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    February 3 – Tulip mania collapses in the Dutch Republic. [48] February 15 – Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor upon the death of his father, Ferdinand II, although his formal coronation does not take place until later in the year. [49]

  4. List of economic crises - Wikipedia

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    Indian economic crash of 1865; Panic of 1866, was an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London; Great depression of British agriculture (1873–1896) Long Depression (1873–1896) Panic of 1873, a US recession with bank failures, followed by a four-year depression; Depression of 1882 ...

  5. 1630 - Wikipedia

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    1630 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1630th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 630th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1630s decade. As of the start of 1630, the ...

  6. Winthrop Fleet - Wikipedia

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    Arrival of the Winthrop Colony, by William F. Halsall. The Winthrop Fleet was a group of 11 ships led by John Winthrop out of a total of 16 [1] funded by the Massachusetts Bay Company which together carried between 700 and 1,000 Puritans plus livestock and provisions from England to New England over the summer of 1630, during the first period of the Great Migration.

  7. Nicolaes Tulp - Wikipedia

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    When he returned to Amsterdam he became a respected doctor. In 1616, he built a home at Keizersgracht 210, named De Tulp, and it is still standing today. In 1617 he married Aafge van der Voegh. An ambitious young man, he adopted the tulip as his heraldric emblem and changed his name to Nicolaes (a more proper version of the name Claes) Tulp.

  8. Tulip breaking virus - Wikipedia

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    Also known as the tulip break virus, lily streak virus, lily mosaic virus, or simply TBV, tulip breaking virus is most famous for its dramatic effects on the color of the tulip perianth, an effect highly sought after during the 17th-century Dutch "tulip mania". [3] Tulip breaking virus is a potyvirus. [4]

  9. 1629–1631 Italian plague - Wikipedia

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    Melchiorre Gherardini, Piazza S. Babila, Milan, during the plague of 1630: plague carts carry the dead for burial. The Italian plague of 1629–1631, also referred to as the Great Plague of Milan, was part of the second plague pandemic that began with the Black Death in 1348 and ended in the 18th century.