event · 1800-?

Founding of the Banque de France

Place: Paris.

A private bank with public privileges was created to discount paper and lend to the Treasury, and received a note-issuance monopoly in 1803.

Source: Bank of France (Wikipedia).

Participants

• Jean-Frédéric Perregaux - founding_regent, side: state
• Martin-Michel-Charles Gaudin - finance_minister, side: state