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    CBOT sets out formal trading rules
    • February 24, 1865
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    The Chicago Board of Trade brings in formal trading rules,...

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    First coffee venture
    • March 2, 1857
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    Volkart Brothers starts its first coffee venture in India.

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    KBOT established
    • February 24, 1856
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    The Kansas Board of Trade is established by local Kansas...

  • Volkart founded
    • March 2, 1851
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    Salomon and Johann Georg Volkart found Volkart Brothers with offices...

  • CBOT Founded
    • February 24, 1848
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    The Chicago Board of Trade is set up as a...

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    Death of James Man
    • February 24, 1823
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    James Man retired in 1819 and moved to Dartmouth in...

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    Company moves to Mincing Lane
    • February 24, 1810
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    Mincing Lane was the hub of London’s commodity trading centre,...

  • Moving into other commodities
    • February 24, 1802
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    Man begins to trade coffee, cocoa and other commodities. Trades...

  • Royal Navy rum contract
    • February 24, 1784
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    James Man secured a contract to supply the Royal Navy...

  • Company founded
    • February 24, 1783
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    James Man set up his own business as a barrel...

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