12 September 1901PeaceAlfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee
Raids on Peking bring the Chinese to the peace table
Historical records for Germany in 1901, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Raids on Peking bring the Chinese to the peace table
Receives the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for serum therapy against diphtheria.
Receives the first Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the radiation later called X-rays.
Publication of "Buddenbrooks"
For "accomplishments in the interest of world peace," named an honorary citizen of Hamburg, his erstwhile home
Receives the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on serum therapy, especially against diphtheria.
Appointed Editor of Die Welt
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