Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: the birth of Albert Einstein or Shiseido?
Shiseido came first, in 1872 (founded). The birth of Albert Einstein followed 7 years later, in 1879.
- Second1879
The birth of Albert Einstein
person · bornAlbert Einstein was born in Ulm in March 1879; his 1921 Nobel Prize was for the law of the photoelectric effect.
- First1872
Shiseido
company · foundedShiseido began in Tokyo in 1872 as a pharmacy; its soda fountain later led to the introduction of ice cream in Japan.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.