Timeline Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prizes 10

• 1833 – 1896 Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) Died 10 December 1896, aged 63 Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist and industrialist who invented dynamite and amassed a fortune from explosives patents and manufacturing. He died in San Remo, Italy, on 10 December 1896, leaving most of his estate to fund the Nobel Prizes first awarded in 1901. His name became permanently linked to recognition of achievement in science, literature and peace.
• 1867 Alfred Nobel patents dynamite Stabilized nitroglycerin explosive introduced Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patented dynamite, a mixture of nitroglycerin with an absorbent stabilizer that made the explosive far safer to handle and transport than pure nitroglycerin. The invention transformed mining, quarrying, and construction, and made Nobel's fortune. Nobel later used part of that wealth to endow the Nobel Prizes.
• 1895 Alfred Nobel signs will establishing Nobel Prizes Bequest creates prizes for physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace On 27 November 1895, at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signed his final will, directing most of his fortune to fund annual prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. The will was contested by relatives before being executed, and the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901. It remains among the most prestigious awards in the world.
• 1901 First Nobel Prizes awarded First Nobel Prizes awarded Alfred Nobel's will established prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace, first awarded in Stockholm.
• 1901 – present Nobel Peace Prize Awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee Every Nobel Peace Prize since Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy shared the first in 1901 — the only Nobel Prize awarded in Norway.
• 1901 – present Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Every Nobel Prize in Chemistry since Jacobus van 't Hoff received the first in 1901.
• 1901 – present Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded by the Swedish Academy Every Nobel Prize in Literature since Sully Prudhomme received the first in 1901.
• 1901 – present Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Every Nobel Prize in Physics since Wilhelm Röntgen received the first in 1901 for the discovery of X-rays.
• 1901 – present Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine since Emil von Behring received the first in 1901 for his work on serum therapy against diphtheria.
• 1969 – present Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Founded by the Swedish central bank in 1968 and first awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen.