The #VirginiaCompany was chartered by #KingJamesI of England (and VI of Scotland) on #ThisDayInHistory in 1606. Being a #JointStockCompany helped to ensure the colonies it launched, notably #Jamestown, would succeed, though at a horrific death rate & through #Indigenous genocide.

The British #EastIndiaCompany was chartered a #JointStockCompany on #ThisDayInHistory in 1600. From badly losing the #FirstAngloMughal War in 1690, it rose to dominate #SouthAsia, forcing enclosure of lands and high taxes, causing over 10 million deaths in the #GreatBengalFamine.