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Run on the Bank of England forces Britain off gold

1797 · importance 2/5 · ai_extracted

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Lords of Finance whole source · open book
In 1797, four years into the Revolutionary war with France, there was a run on the Bank of England, provoked by rumors that a French army had landed in Wales.

chapter: 9. A BARBAROUS RELIC - THE GOLD Standard

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Start date (EDTF) 1797 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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