On this day in history, the Dutch East India Company (the VoC) was founded.
The first company to issue stocks, the first megacorporation, one of the first multinational company, one of (if not THE) first companies to own land proper (all of modern day Indonesia was VoC-owned).
In this thread, you may thank them and reminiscence about how they improved the world.
Lekker boeie
How many years ago
>>56624973
414 years, to be exact.
>>56624956
homo
>>56624934
Also the richest company to have ever existed, taking inflation in account.
>>56625136
>Also the richest company to have ever existed, taking inflation in account.
Hard not to be, considering Indonesia was one hell of a gold mine.
>>56624934
Enjoy this, OP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071vl2l
WE WUZ EMPERORS N SHIET
Adjusted for inflation it would be worth 7 trillion US dollars
>All of modern day Indonesia was modern VoC owned.
Except it wasn't. Mostly Java and a few outposts on the malaccus and other islands. Proper colonization happened during the imperialistic era of the 19th century.
>>56631680
and all you have to show for it is a muslim infested swamp.
>>56631851
And your Afrikaans speaking population.
And Belgi- Okay that one's on you.
WE WUZ SEACATS
>>56635822
>Steal the Dutch flag
>Put a pineapple on it
>OC DONUT STEEL
>>56624934
JEW PIRATES
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>>56635966
>Still butthurt about being kicked out Asia by the might of the Orange Navy
How's Portuguese East Asia? Oh right.
>Went from Indonesia-Malaysia-Japan-Goa-China
>Get blasted from Brazil to Japan
>Lose everything but Goa, Macau and East Timor, only regained North Brazil because it was worthless to us
>>56636457
Oh please.
>>56624934
Although I think not many would understand the importance of this day, I celebrate this day.
God bless the Dutch
>>56637834
>Indian celebrates this day
>Dutch India was ceded to Britain in 1814
Are you Burgher?
>>56637946
I'm a pure Pajeet.
>>56639722
I see.
Hurray then.
