Atomic Events Timeline

  • Aristotle
    340

    Aristotle

    Described his ideas of the four elements of matter
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v12xG80KcZw
  • Democritus
    400

    Democritus

    First to create the model of the atom
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP57gEWcisY
  • Antonie Lavosier

    Antonie Lavosier

    Created the Law of Conservation
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A66gDHozXN0
  • Joseph Proust

    Joseph Proust

    Created the Law of Definite Proportions
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    A chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms
  • Amadeo Avagadro

    Amadeo Avagadro

    Theorized that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contains equal numbers of molecules
  • William Crookes

    William Crookes

    Discovered the properties of cathode rays
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel

    Discovered that some chemical decompose and give off very penetrating rays
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson

    Discovered the electron
  • Madame Curie

    Madame Curie

    Studied the radioactive atomic elements
  • First airplane flown

    First airplane flown

  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    Published equation E=mc^2.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7DW9NIO9M
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Attempted to examine the structure of the atom
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z46Bs3fRCY
  • First Model T Ford was built

    First Model T Ford was built

  • The Lincoln penny

    The Lincoln penny

    The first redesigned Lincoln Penny was released
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    Discovered how to find the mass of an electron
  • Henry Moseley

    Henry Moseley

    Positively charge nucleus and negatively-charged electrons
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck

    Originated the Quantum Theory
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    Developed a picture of atomic structure
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg

    Quantum Mechanics
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    Combined the equations for behavior of waves withe the de Broglie equation to generate a mathematical model for distribution of electrons in an atoms
  • Louis deBroglie

    Louis deBroglie

    Developed a Wave Mechanics Theory
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Discovered the neutron
  • The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.

    The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • WW2 Starts

    WW2 Starts

  • First Super Bowl

    First Super Bowl

    First Super Bowl took place; Packers vs. Chiefs
  • Set foot on the moon

    Set foot on the moon

  • Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed.

    Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed.

  • iPhone 6 came out

    iPhone 6 came out