The oldest company in almost every country (that is still in business)

Re:The oldest company in almost every country (that is still... by saghm on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @06:44PM (#22428779)

What would you peg as the starting date of that? I think it's not quite that old, although I'm not a historian, so I might be wrong

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Re:The oldest company in almost every country (that is still... by jackcosgrove on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:31AM (#22430790)

1707 when Britain became politically united and ceased to be England and Scotland.

The English colonies preceded that, but it was not British. Cromwell's invasion of Ireland was the start of the plantation system, i.e. settler colonies.

Before that there was the brief Anglo-French dual monarchy during the reign of Henry VI.

And before that there was the larger Angevin Empire which included Britain, Ireland, and the western half of France. However I would consider that Norman rather than English as the rulers spoke French.

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