Alfred Nobel was born on 21 October 1833 in Jakob and Johannes parish. A Swedish chemist, engineer and inventor, Nobel invented dynamite in 1867, a safer and more stable explosive based on nitroglycerine, and made a large fortune from explosives and from interests in the Bofors arms company and the Baku oil fields. He was a lifelong bachelor who studied and wrote literature as well as science. When he died, his will left most of his wealth to establish annual prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, and the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901. The prizes have since become the most prestigious awards of their kind.
Before and after
- 7 May 1833Birth of Johannes Brahms
- 9 June 1833Founding of Dubai
- 20 August 1833Birth of Benjamin Harrison
- from 2 October 1833 to 6 July 1840First Carlist War
- 21 October 1833Birth of Alfred Nobel
- 31 October 1833Birth of Alexander Borodin
- from 1834 to 1919Founding of Zollverein
- 1834Electric motor
- 1834Construction of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
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The era
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