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1619 - 19 years after the founding of the British East India Company in 1600 - a seminal moment in the development of capitalism, and colonialism; 3 years after the death of Shakespeare, in 1616 - Shakespeare, whose explorations of individual characters sharply distinguish him from medieval literary characters with names like 'Everyman' and 'Pride', and who dwelt constantly on approaching confusion and social breakdown - "nothing is, but what is not" - marking the cultural transition from feudalism to capitalism.