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Events on Monday 19 July 1802 1
1802Du Pont gunpowder company foundedÉleuthère Irénée du Pont establishes a Delaware powder millFrench émigré Éleuthère Irénée du Pont founded E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company on the Brandywine River near Wilmington, Delaware, in 1802. The firm began as a black powder manufacturer and grew into one of the largest industrial corporations in the United States.