Colonel du Bourg

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1814

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Colonel du Bourg, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. The Great Stock Exchange Fraud exposed in London

   1814

   Role: Perpetrator of the hoax

   1. 121 February 1814 · DoverArrival at Dover

      Colonel du Bourg arrived at the Ship Inn in Dover on 21 February 1814, claiming Napoleon was dead.

   2. 221 February 1814 · LondonRelay to London

      Du Bourg requested the news be sent to the Admiralty in London via semaphore telegraph.

   3. 321 February 1814 · London Stock ExchangeMarket Fluctuation

      False news caused government securities to increase rapidly at the London Stock Exchange.

Sources

1. Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-20