Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: Black Beauty or Sodium?
Sodium came first, in 1807 (discovered). Black Beauty followed 70 years later, in 1877 (published).
- Second1877
Black Beauty
book · publishedAnna Sewell wrote Black Beauty and died five months after it came out in 1877.
- First1807
Sodium
element · discoveredHumphry Davy first isolated sodium in 1807 by passing electricity through caustic soda.
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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.