He was born Alfred Bernhard Nobel on October 21st 1833
Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden–Norway
Alfred Nobel goes to America to study with John Ericsson
1851 - 1852
John Ericsson invented the first iron battle ship, the USS Monitor. This ship was very crucial to the north in the civil war. Alfred also came to America to study chemistry
Alfred Nobel gets first patent
1857
It was for a Gas Meter.
First Swedish patent, 1863, "ways to prepare dynamite
Alfred Nobel patents Dynamite
1867
Nobel finds that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like kieselguhr it became safer and more convenient to handle. This became the first "dynamite".
Alfred Nobel lives in San Remo, Italy
1891 - December 10 1896
He lived in San Remo his residence for his final 5 years of his life. He moved there after feeling betrayed by the French press.
Alfred Nobel Dies
December 10 1896
Alfred died in San Remo, Italy, the place where he spent the last years of his life.
