The Battle of Waterloo (Netherlands (Belgium)): Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, commander of the armies of the Seventh Coalition (the United Kingdom; the German states of Brunswick, Hanover, Nassau and Prussia; and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands), defeats the Army of France, commanded by Emperor Napoleon I.
CONSPIRACY ALERT: Nathan Mayer von Rothschild, a wealthy German-British banker, is said to have posted agents at the battle to report back to him advance news of the outcome. When he realized that Wellington and the allies were going to win, Rothschild started selling all of his shares and securities. This touched of a selling panic–rapidly depressing prices–as other investors incorrectly assumed Napoleon had won. With prices in a free-fall over incorrect information, Rothschild’s agents surreptitiously bought back these shares–and much more–for pennies on the Pound, massively compounding his fortune before reality struck and prices returned to normal.
[updated 12/4/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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The Secret Bailout of J. P. Morgan(c) How Insider Trading Looted Bear Stearns and the American Taxpayer
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Battle of Waterloo – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo
Nathan Mayer Rothschild – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Mayer_Rothschild#Waterloo_legend
U.S. Banking Timeline
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