Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: Esperanto or the first Nobel Prizes?
Esperanto came first, in 1887 (created). The first Nobel Prizes followed 14 years later, in 1901 (first awarded).
- First1887
Esperanto
language · createdEsperanto was created in 1887 by an eye doctor; the language is named after his pen name, Doktoro Esperanto.
- Second1901
The first Nobel Prizes
award · first awardedThe first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, five years after Alfred Nobel died.
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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.