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Was born
Alfred Nobel was born in Estocolmo. -
Inmanuel Nobel
Immanuel Nobel travels to Finland and then to St. Petersburg, Russia, where he starts a mechanical workshop, leaving his family in Sweden -
The family
The Nobel family meets again in St. Petersburg. -
Paris
Alfred Nobel goes to Paris where he works for a year in the laboratory of T. Jules Pelouze. He also travels to Italy, Germany and the United States. -
The company
Alfred Nobel desperately seeks new products to revive his company from bankruptcy. -
The nitroglycerin
Alfred Nobel begins his experiments with nitroglycerin. -
The first patent
Nobel gets the first patent on nitroglycerin as an industrial explosive. Develops and patents a detonator to activate the explosion of nitroglycerin. He moves to Stockholm, where he continues his experiments. -
Detonator
Alfred Nobel improves the detonator design and moves to Germany to establish the factory of Alfred Nobel and Co in Krümmel.D -
Explosion
Nobel creates the United States Blasting Oil Company in the USA.
A violent explosion destroys Krümmel's plant.
Nobel is trying to create a safe way to handle nitroglycerin. Discover the dynamite. -
Dynamite
Alfred Nobel obtains a patent for dynamite. -
British dynamite
Nobel established the British Dynamite Company in the United Kingdom. -
Great fortune
With 40 years he moves to Paris and has a great fortune. -
Invented
Alfred Nobel invented explosive gelatin in Paris and patented it in 1876. The Société Générale pour la Manufactureation de la Dynamite is established in Paris. -
The DAG
Nobel founded the Dynamit Aktiengesellschaft (DAG). -
The ballistic powder
Nobel obtains a patent for the ballistic powder in France. -
Lives in Paris
Alfred Nobel live Paris and settles in San Remo, Italy, after a dispute with the French government over gunpowder. -
Swedis-Norwegian club
The will of Alfred Nobel is signed at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. -
Alfred Nobel dies
Alfred Nobel dies at his home in San Remo, Italy.
