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== The Birth of the Nobel Prizes ==
After Nobel’s death on '''December 10, 1896''', in '''San Remo, Italy''', his will faced legal challenges from relatives and governments skeptical of his intentions.

But in '''1901''', five years later, the first Nobel Prizes were officially awarded — fulfilling his vision.
{| class="wikitable"
!First Nobel Prizes (1901)
!Laureates
!Field
|-
|Wilhelm Röntgen
|Discovery of X-rays
|Physics
|-
|Jacobus H. van ’t Hoff
|Chemical thermodynamics
|Chemistry
|-
|Emil von Behring
|Serum therapy against diphtheria
|Medicine
|-
|Sully Prudhomme
|Poetry
|Literature
|-
|Jean Henry Dunant & Frédéric Passy
|Humanitarian and peace work
|Peace
|}
''(source: BBC, Nobel Archives)''
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