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Fact 1622 — the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901

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contemporary newspaper illustration of Crown Prince Gustaf presenting the diploma to J. H. van ’t Hoff at the 1901 Nobel ceremony. Artist C. A. Olausson; source [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olausson_1901_Nobel_Prize_ceremony.jpg), with original page in the Swedish National Library newspaper archive. Public domain in the United States as a work published in 1901; source-country provenance noted. No edits; checked 18 October 2026.

the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physics diploma awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. Source [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nobel_Prize_diplom_Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen.jpg), attributed there to the University of Würzburg. Public domain reproduction mark; no edits; checked 18 October 2026.

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AI-generated cover: a fictional early-20th-century awards ceremony in a warmly lit hall, evoking the inaugural Nobel Prize year; not a specific documented event or identifiable people. Prompt: “Photorealistic vertical 4:5 editorial cover about the first Nobel Prizes being awarded in 1901 in Stockholm and Christiania (now Oslo). Show an elegant early-20th-century ceremony hall with a warmly lit stage and dignified audience, subtle Nordic winter atmosphere, period-appropriate interiors. Generic fictional people and setting, not a reconstruction of a specific person or exact documented event. No portraits, no legible text, no flags, no logos, no medals.” Generated 19 October 2026.

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The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on 10 December 1901, five years after Alfred Nobel’s death. Four prizes—in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature—were presented in Stockholm, while the Peace Prize was awarded in Christiania, now Oslo.