100 Oldest Companies - Our Connection With Out Past
I love this type of trivia, 100 Oldest Companies ... just tickles me.
Aaaand, I love this particular piece of throw-away malarkey because, well, it's not really that throw-away. The linkage back to our past (especially if you're from the UK) blows me away. For instance the oldest is Brooke's Mill that has been going since 1541 - granted the business is no longer manufacturing cloth as it did until 1987 which must've been a sad year for 'em.
But, the company is still around.
Some context - in 1541:
Nice.
Thanks to ia play for the original link
Aaaand, I love this particular piece of throw-away malarkey because, well, it's not really that throw-away. The linkage back to our past (especially if you're from the UK) blows me away. For instance the oldest is Brooke's Mill that has been going since 1541 - granted the business is no longer manufacturing cloth as it did until 1987 which must've been a sad year for 'em.
But, the company is still around.
Some context - in 1541:
- Second ever Dalai Lalam died
- Henry VIII is ruling over England
- The Amazon River is discovered by non-locals (Francisco de Orellana)
- The sitting Pope had kids
- El Greco is born
- Various dioceses are established in England because of Henry VIII's Reformation
- The Kingdom of Chile comes into being
- The first Bible in Swedish is printed
- Jacques Cartier creates the first French settlement in the "New World" near modern-day Quebec
- Spanish explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, is the first European wander around bits of modern-day Texas
- China is loving the Ming Dynasty
- Francisco Pizarro, the governor of Peru and conqueror of the Inca civilization, was assassinated
- Scotland was independent of England
Nice.
Thanks to ia play for the original link
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