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December 10 In Swedish History

The first Nobel prizes are awarded in Stockholm at the Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien.

December 10 In Swedish History,
1901: The first Nobel prizes are awarded in Stockholm at the Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (the Royal Swedish Academy of Music). The Nobel Committees, once they had its guidelines in place, had begun collecting nominations for the inaugural prizes.
A list of preliminary candidates was sent out, and then, on December 10, 1901, the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, the first set of Nobel Prizes was awarded to the following recipients:
Chemistry: Jacobus H. van’t Hoff
Physics: Wilhelm C. Röntgen
Physiology or Medicine: Emil A. von Behring
Literature: Rene F.A. Sully Prudhomme
Peace: Jean H. Dunant and Frédéric Passy

You'll find some footage with and on this year's winners at SVT, Swedish television http://www.svt.se/nobel/ or the official website of the Nobel Foundation: www.nobelprize.org

We covered this year's winners here: Nobel Prizes 2012

First Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) was a Dutch physical and organic chemist, best known for his discoveries in chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, osmotic pressure, and stereochemistry. Van 't Hoff's work in these subjects helped found the discipline of physical chemistry as it is today.

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First Nobel Prize in Physics: Wilhelm C. Röntgen (1845-1923) was a German physicist who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays.

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First Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Emil A. von Behring (1854-1917) was a German physiologist, who received the Nobel Prize or developing a serum therapy against diphtheria.

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First Nobel Prize in Literature: René François Armand Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907) was a French poet and essayist, who received the Nobel Prize "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect".

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First Nobel Peace Prize: Jean Henri Dunant (1828-1910) was a Swiss businessman and social activist. During a business trip in 1859, he was witness to the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in modern day Italy. He recorded his memories and experiences in the book “A Memory of Solferino,” which inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1863. The 1864 Geneva Convention was based on Dunant's ideas.

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First Nobel Peace Prize (shared with Jean Henri Dunant): Frédéric Passy (1822-1912) was a French economist whose writings and speeches advocating peace were widely recognized. He was a member of the International Bureau of Peace at Bern, Switzerland.

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Winners of the first Nobel Prizes 1901.

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