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1831 |
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Assicurazioni Generali Austro-Italiche is established in Trieste |
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1832 |
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Giovanni Cristoforo Ritter de Zahony becomes first chairman of the Company |
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1835 |
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From1835 the post of chairman remains vacant until 1909 |
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The first stamp, known as the "penny black" is issued in Great Britain |
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1848 |
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The company changes its name to Assicurazioni Generali.
St. Mark's lion is adopted as company symbol |
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Revolutionary uprisings break all over Europe |
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1857 |
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Generali shares are quoted for the first time in the Trieste stock exchange |
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The Kingdom of Italy is declared by the Parliament in Turin |
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The world's first underground is opened in Paris |
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1875 |
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The company begins to pay the dividend in gold Francs (until 1914) |
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The Opéra is inaugurated in Paris |
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Thomas Edison invents the first incandescent lamp |
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1881 |
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50th Jubilee year.
Erste Allgemeine, Generali's first insurance subsidiary, is established in Vienna |
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1886 |
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The company's Central Head Office moves to its present location |
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Chemist John Pemberton perfects the formula of Coca Cola |
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1893 |
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The first number of "Il Bollettino" is issued |
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The Lumière brothers organise the world's first public motion picture show at
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1895 |
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1900 |
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A major real estate investment programme is started |
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Sigmund Freud publishes "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1905 |
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75th anniversary. The share capital is converted into Crowns |
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Albert Einstein publishes "The Special Theory of Relativity" |
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1909 |
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Marco Besso is appointed chairman |
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The Great War begins |
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1914 |
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1918 |
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Generali obtains full Italian nationality status, the share capital is converted into Liras |
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Trieste is annexed to Italy |
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1920 |
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Edgardo Morpurgo is appointed chairman |
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The first household electric refrigerator is developed |
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1926 |
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The company calls on the most talented artists, like Marcello Dudovich, to design
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The economic and financial crisis spreads all over the world |
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1931 |
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Centenary anniversary |
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