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Tulip Mania collapses within the Dutch Republic.
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Tulip mania
17th-century economic bubble in the Netherlands
Tulip mania was a period during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels. The major acceleration started in 1634 and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637. It is generally…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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