18 moments

1. Birth at Norrlandsgatan

   1833-10-21 · Norrlandsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden

   

   Nobel was born in Stockholm; the article identifies Norrlandsgatan as his birthplace. Coordinates represent Norrlandsgatan, identified by the source as his birthplace.

2. Pupil at Jacobs Apologistic School

   1841-01-01 · Jacobs Church, Stockholm, Sweden

   

   Nobel attended Stockholm's Jacobs Apologistic School, his only formal school attendance. The biographical register dates his enrollment to 1841; coordinates represent Jacobs Church and the historic parish area.

3. Family relocation to Saint Petersburg

   1842-01-01 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

   

   Nobel moved with his family to Saint Petersburg, where he continued his education with private tutors. Coordinates represent the Petrogradskaya Embankment area where the Nobel family lived; the source supports city-level presence.

4. Scientific study in Paris

   1850-01-01 · Paris, France

   

   Nobel went to Paris to advance his scientific work and met the nitroglycerin pioneer Ascanio Sobrero there. The source supports Paris but does not identify a more precise site.

5. Study visit to the United States

   1851-01-01 · United States

   

   At age eighteen Nobel spent a year in the United States studying and briefly working under Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson. The evidence establishes country-level presence only; coordinates are a representative point for the United States.

6. Work at his father's Saint Petersburg workshop

   1852-01-01 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

   

   After his study travel, Nobel worked at his father's workshop in Saint Petersburg during the 1850s. The Swedish National Archives biography supports employment in Saint Petersburg from 1852 to 1859; coordinates are representative of the city.

7. Controlled nitroglycerin detonation

   1862-01-01 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

   

   Nobel carried out a controlled nitroglycerin detonation at his brother Ludvig's factory grounds, an important step in his explosives experiments. The account places the experiment in spring 1862; the precise factory location is not identified.

8. Move to Stockholm for nitroglycerin experiments

   1863-01-01 · Stockholm, Sweden

   

   Nobel relocated to Stockholm in summer 1863 and focused his experimental work on nitroglycerin. The source specifies summer 1863, but the required date format does not permit a seasonal qualifier.

9. Residence at Krümmel

   1865-01-01 · Krümmel, Geesthacht, Germany

   

   Nobel established his residence at Krümmel near Hamburg while building his continental explosives business. Coordinates represent Krümmel; the source supports residence through 1873.

10. United States visit during Krümmel factory explosion

    1866-01-01 · United States

    

    Nobel was in the United States when the Krümmel factory first exploded, a circumstance that prompted renewed work on making nitroglycerin safer. The museum source establishes country-level presence only; coordinates are a representative point for the United States.

11. First public dynamite demonstration

    1868-01-01 · Price's Grey-lime Stone Quarry, Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

    

    Nobel publicly demonstrated dynamite at Price's Grey-lime Stone chalk quarry near Merstham, north of Redhill. Coordinates represent Merstham and the former quarry vicinity; the quarry site is partly covered by later infrastructure.

12. Inspection of the Ardeer factory site

    1871-01-01 · Ardeer Explosives Factory site, Stevenston, Scotland, United Kingdom

    

    Nobel personally inspected and approved the isolated Ardeer site selected for the British Dynamite Company's factory. The source places the inspection in the context of the company's 1871 formation and factory construction; coordinates represent the Ardeer factory site.

13. Residence on Avenue de Malakoff

    1873-01-01 · Avenue de Malakoff (now Avenue Raymond Poincaré), Paris, France

    

    Nobel moved from Krümmel to a Paris house on Avenue de Malakoff, which became his principal residence for nearly two decades. Coordinates represent the former Avenue de Malakoff address area, now Avenue Raymond Poincaré.

14. Meeting Sofija Hess in Baden

    1876-01-01 · Baden bei Wien, Austria

    

    Nobel met Sofija Hess in Baden bei Wien, beginning a long personal relationship documented by their correspondence. The source supports town-level presence but does not identify the flower shop precisely.

15. Settlement at Villa Nobel

    1891-01-01 · Villa Nobel, Sanremo, Italy

    

    After leaving Paris amid the ballistite dispute, Nobel settled in Sanremo, where he maintained his final home and laboratory. Coordinates identify Villa Nobel.

16. Residence at Björkborn Manor

    1894-01-01 · Björkborn Manor, Karlskoga, Sweden

    

    After buying Bofors-Gullspång, Nobel established a Swedish residence at Björkborn Manor and built a laboratory there. Coordinates identify Björkborn Manor.

17. Signing of the final will

    1895-11-27 · Swedish-Norwegian Club, Paris, France

    

    Nobel signed the final will that directed most of his estate toward the prizes later named for him. The source gives the venue as the Swedish-Norwegian Club but does not provide its historical street address; coordinates represent central Paris.

18. Death at Villa Nobel

    1896-12-10 · Villa Nobel, Sanremo, Italy

    

    Nobel died at his Sanremo home, Villa Nobel, ending a life spent as an inventor and international industrialist. Coordinates identify Villa Nobel, Nobel's Sanremo residence.