Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: Little Women or the birth of Nikola Tesla?

The birth of Nikola Tesla came first, in 1856. Little Women followed 12 years later, in 1868 (published).

  1. Second1868

    Little Women

    book · published

    Little Women was published in two parts, in 1868 and 1869.

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  2. First1856

    The birth of Nikola Tesla

    person · born

    Nikola Tesla was born on 10 July 1856 in Smiljan, then part of the Austrian Empire.

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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.