Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: Black Beauty or the traffic light?
The traffic light came first, in 1868 (first one installed). Black Beauty followed 9 years later, in 1877 (published).
- Second1877
Black Beauty
book · publishedAnna Sewell wrote Black Beauty and died five months after it came out in 1877.
- First1868
The traffic light
invention · first one installedLondon's first traffic light was worked by a police constable and exploded a few weeks after it went up.
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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.