Atom Timeline

  • 335

    Aristotle

    He believed in the elements of matter. He thought everything was made with a little bit of all other the elements of matter. 335 BC
  • 465

    Democritus

    Atoms cannot be destroyed, differ in size, shape and temperature, are always moving, and are invisible. This was a hypothesis in 465 BC
  • Oct 2, 1440

    Printing Press

    In 1440 Gutenburg created the first printing press
  • Oct 2, 1517

    Reformation

    Reformation Started
  • Antonie Lavosier

    Oxygen theory of combustion
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution Started
  • Joseph Proust

    Constant Composition
  • John Dalton

    Created the Atomic Theory
  • Amadeo Avagadro

    Contributed to the molecular theory in 1808, 1815, and 1821
  • William Crookes

    Thallium was discovered
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Lincoln
  • Henri Becquerel

    Created thorium
  • J.J. Thomson

    Discovered teh Electron
  • Madame Curie

    Found new elements
  • Ernest Rutherford

    He identified the thorium emanations in 1900-1903
  • Robert Millikan

    studied the charge of the electron
  • Henry Moseley

    Created atomic battery
  • WW1 Start

    WW1 Strated
  • Albert Einstein

    Modern Quantum theory
  • Max Planck

    Quantum theory
  • Niels Bohr

    Found the 72nd element
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Quantum Mechanics
  • James Chadwick

    Found the nucellus
  • Louis DeBroglie

    Neutrino theory of light
  • WW2 Start

    Fun Fact: WW2 Started on my birthday (Sept 1 1939)
  • Moon Landing

    We landed on the Moon
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Matrix Mechanics
  • Berlin Wall Falls

    The Berlin Wall was torn down separating East Berlin from West Berlin
  • September 11th 2001

    The twin Towers got struck by a plane and the pentagon was also struck.
  • Bin Ladens Death