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Bruges had a strategic location at the crossroads of the northern Hanseatic League trade, who had a kontor in the city, and the southern trade routes. Bruges was already included in the circuit of the Flemish and French cloth fairs at the beginning of the 13th century, but when the old system of fairs broke down, the entrepreneurs of Bruges ...
Founded Notes Status 3M: Conglomerate: Maplewood: 1902 In the fields of industry, worker safety, healthcare, and consumer goods. P A Abdallah Candies: Consumer goods Food products Apple Valley: 1909 Chocolatier and confectionery: P A Acorn Stores: Consumer services Upscale women's clothing retailer Minneapolis: 1991 Defunct in 2008 P D
Letter from Hildebrand Veckinchusen dated February 18, 1422, which he sent from the Bruges debtors' prison to his second wife Margarethe (last page). Hildebrand Veckinchusen (born around 1370, probably in Westphalia; died July 1426 in Lübeck) was a merchant living in Bruges (thrn under the Burgundian State) at the time of the Hanseatic League.
1421 – Bruges City Hall built. [3] 1425 – Artist Jan van Eyck active in Bruges. [6] 1430 – Order of the Golden Fleece founded in Bruges. [1] 1434 – Grafenburg (castle) dismantled. [3] 1465 – Artist Hans Memling active in Bruges (approximate date). [6] 1468 – July: Wedding of Burgundian duke Charles and Margaret of York.
The Minnesota Valley Canning Company sold cream style corn and then peas before becoming Green Giant in 1950. [154] Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) was founded in 1902 in Two Harbors, Minnesota, and was later moved to Duluth, Saint Paul, and then Maplewood. The founders of 3M got their start by manufacturing sandpaper.
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The Minnesota Orchestra dates back to 1903 when it was founded as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. It was renamed the Minnesota Orchestra in 1968 and moved into its own building, Orchestra Hall , in downtown Minneapolis in 1974.