# Bank of France founded (1800)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1800-bank-of-france-founded
Location: Paris

A new central financial institution helped stabilize credit and state finance. Within the broader Consulate & Napoleonic Empire period, Napoleon consolidated many revolutionary reforms while concentrating power, building an empire and waging continental war. French institutions and armies reshaped Europe before military defeat restored the Bourbons. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Napoleon Bonaparte (First Consul). Bank of France founded mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Bank of France founded mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power.

Ruler at the time: [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://history-france.com/rulers/napoleon-bonaparte)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Bank of France founded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Bank+of+France+founded&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Bank of France founded](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Bank+of+France+founded)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)