<P> Kazimierz Żegleń ( Casimir Zeglen ) - was a Polish engineer , born in 1869 near Tarnopol , ( died not before 1927 ) , who invented the first bulletproof vest . At the age of 18 he entered the Resurrectionist Order in Lwów ( today Lviv , Ukraine ) . In 1890 , he moved to the United States . In 1893 , after the assassination of Carter Harrison , Sr. , the mayor of Chicago , he invented the first commercial bulletproof vest . In 1897 , he improved it together with Jan Szczepanik who was the inventor of the first commercial bulletproof armour in 1901 . It saved the life of Alfonso XIII , the King of Spain - his carriage was covered with Szczepanik 's bulletproof armour when a bomb exploded near it . </P>
<P> Kazimierz Żegleń ( Casimir Zeglen ) - was a Polish engineer , born in 1869 near Tarnopol , ( died not before 1927 ) , who invented the first bulletproof vest . At the age of 18 he entered the Resurrectionist Order in Lwów ( today Lviv , Ukraine ) . In 1890 , he moved to the United States . In 1893 , after the assassination of Carter Harrison , Sr. , the mayor of Chicago , he invented the first commercial bulletproof vest . In 1897 , he improved it together with Jan Szczepanik who was the inventor of the first commercial bulletproof armour in 1901 . It saved the life of Alfonso XIII , the King of Spain - his carriage was covered with Szczepanik 's bulletproof armour when a bomb exploded near it . </P>
when was the first bullet proof vest invented
when was the first bullet proof vest invented
1893
1893