Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: the death of Claude Monet or the daguerreotype photo?

The daguerreotype photo came first, in 1839 (announced). The death of Claude Monet followed 87 years later, in 1926.

  1. Second1926

    The death of Claude Monet

    person · dies

    Claude Monet kept painting his water lilies until he died in 1926.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. First1839

    The daguerreotype photo

    invention · announced

    The daguerreotype, the first practical kind of photograph, was announced in Paris in 1839.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

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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.