Alfred Nobel
1833–1896 · Person
The Swedish chemist who made a fortune from dynamite, reputedly read his own premature obituary — 'the merchant of death is dead' — and left most of his fortune to found the prizes.
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Around 1833
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
- Opium Wars (1839)
- Victorian era (1837)
- Reign of Victoria (1837)
- Abolition of slavery in British Empire (1833)
- Stockton and Darlington Railway opens (1825)
- Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1831)
- Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials (1829)
- Treaty of Waitangi signed (1840)