Atom Timeline

  • 460 BCE

    Democritus

    Democritus
    He developed the idea of an atom. He was a philosopher and a scientist. He helped with the idea of an atomism.
  • 322 BCE

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    Aristotle did not believe in the atomic theory. He believed that all substances were made up of fire, water, air and earth. A lot of people believed in his ideas.
  • 1 BCE

    John Dalton Atomic Theory Video

  • 1 BCE

    Albert Einstein Video

  • 1 BCE

    Atomic Theory Rap SOng

  • Antonie Lavoisier

    Antonie Lavoisier
    Proved sulfur was an element.
  • Joseph Proust

    Joseph Proust
    Made a theory about the law of definite proportions.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    Experiments that deal with gases was first done by John Dalton. He used these methods that matter is made up of atoms that are indivisible and indestructible.
  • Amadeo Avagadro

    Amadeo Avagadro
    Created the French Journal of Physics.
  • William Crookes

    William Crookes
    Crookes discovered the thallium. It was a brand new element and he studied it's property and in 1873 he found its atomic weight.
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel
    Found out about the Beta Particles.
  • Madame Curie

    Madame Curie
    Found in radiation there is uranium.
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson
    Thomson suggested a model of the atom as sphere of a positive matter in which electrons are positioned by electric forces. He cam up the idea that the number of electrons in an atom is a measurement of of the scattering light.
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    Proved the atomic theory.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    Nuclear atom or planetary model of the atom was invented by the New Zealand chemist in 1911. This described the atom as a tiny dense with a positively charged core known as the nucleus.
  • Vince Lombardi

    Vince Lombardi
    Was born June 11th 1913. This day someone very important for the Green Bay Packers was born.
  • Henry Moseley

    Henry Moseley
    Used x-ray spectra to study the atomic number. He discovered the wave lengths given off by certain metals.
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan
    Milikan measured the charge in an electron with an apparatus. A source of x-rays was used to ionize the the air in the chamber.
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck
    Considered the first founder of the quantum theory.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    He developed a easier way to understand the atomic structure and the mechanics to it. Also made understanding the atom easier.
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg
    Made a type of quantum mechanics formula.
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger
    This Austrian physicist created a better version of the bohr atom model. Also known as the quantum model.
  • Louis deBroglie

    Louis deBroglie
    Came up with the idea of the mechanic theory.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick
    James discovered the neutron of an atom. He established the atomic number is determined by the number of protons in an atom.
  • Apple Computer 1

    Apple Computer 1
    This was Apple's first computer. It was later recognized as the apple 1.
  • Chuck E Cheese

    Chuck E Cheese
    Nolan Bushnell made Chuck E Cheese in San Jose, CA.
  • Playstation

    Playstation
    First Playstation ever made it was also known as the PS1. First computer gaming platform.
  • Ryan Capes

    Ryan Capes
    Ryan Capes jumps his dirt bike 290 feet and 4 inches for the world record.
  • Levi LaVallee

    Levi LaVallee
    Levi LaVallee attempted the first double back flip on a snowmobile even though it didn't count he still got the rotation just didn't land on it.
  • Michael Jackson

     Michael Jackson
    Michael Jackson dies because of an overdose blamed by his doctor.
  • Super Bowl XLV

    Super Bowl XLV
    The Green Bay Packers won the super bowl against the Steelers 31-25.
  • Jed Mildon

    Jed Mildon
    Jed Mildon completed the first triple back flip on a bmx bike.
  • Machine Gun Kelly

    Machine Gun Kelly
    October 16, 2015 MGK released his album General Admission.