Atomic Theory Timeline

  • 100

    Jesus Killed

    On April 7, 30AD Jesus was killed by the romans
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  • 100

    Coloseum

    In 80 AD the coloseum was dedicated and used for gladiators. (Timeline does not go and farther back than 100)
  • 101

    Jerusalem

    In 70 AD Jerusalem fell
    (Timeline Does not go any farther back than 100AD)
  • 400

    Aristotle (Around 400 BCE)

    Around 400 BCE Aristotle denied/rejected the idea of the atom, and instead he stated that there were five elements of matter. (No Date)
  • 400

    Leucippus (Around 400 BCE)

    In the 5th century BCE Leucippus becaume known as the founder of the atomic theory and said that since the atom had no void (empty space) that it was indivisable, He was Democritus' teacher
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  • 460

    Democritus (Around 460 BCE)

    Around 460 BC Democritus claimed there were indivisable particals that made up matter and called these particals Atomos, or atoms. (No Date)
  • Jan 1, 1041

    Chinese Printer

    The Chinese invented the moveable printer in 1041
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  • Jan 1, 1337

    100 Year War

    The 100 year war between France an Britain took place from 1337-1453
  • Cell Discovery

    In 1663 Robert Hooke discovered the cell
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  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton Theorized a small mechanical universe of small masses in motion in 1704
  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier came up with the Law of Conservation of Mass in 1785. (No Date)
  • Joseph Proust

    Joseph Proust came up with the Law of Definite Proportions in 1793. (No Date)
  • Discovery of Antarctica

    In 1801 Antarctica is Discovered
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  • UK

    In 1801 Britain and Ireland merge and become the UK
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  • John Dalton

    John Dalton revived the atomic theory in 1803. (No Date)
  • Amedeo Avogadro

    Amedeo Avogadro came up with Avogadro's Law, equal masses of gases have equal particals, in 1811. (No Date)
  • Napolean Defeated

    In 1815 Napolean is defeated and exiled
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  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday created the cathode ray tube in 1830.
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  • Eugine Goldstein

    In 1886 Eugine Goldstein discovered the charge of the proton. (No Date)
  • Comercial Film

    In 1894 the first comercial film is released
    (No Date)
  • Wilhelm Roetgen

    In 1905 Wilhelm Roetgen discovered the X-Ray, and developed the first, using his wife. (No Date)
  • Henri Bacquerel

    In 1895 Henri Bacquerel discovered radioactivity. (No Date)
  • Restoration of Greek Olympics

    In 1896 the Olympics were restored in Greece
    (No Date)
  • J.J. Thompson

    In 1897 J.J. Thompson Discovered the electron. (No Date)
  • Marie Curie

    Marie Curie discovered polonium and radium.
  • Anti-Foreigner boxers

    Anti Foreigner Boxers invade Beijing
    (No Date)
  • Robert Millikin

    In 1909 Robert Millikin did an oil drop experement that helped lead to the discovery of the electron. (No Date)
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford found the nucleus of the Atom in 1910. (No Date)
  • Japan and Korea

    Japan Annexes Korea
    (No Date)
  • Fredrick Soddy

    Fredrick Soddy recognized the existance of Isotopes in 1912. (No Date)
  • Titanic Sinks

    April 15, 1912 the Titanic sank
  • World War 1

    World War 1 Begins
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr came up with the planitary model of the atom in 1915. (No Date)
  • World War 1

    Americans enter World War 1 in 1917
  • James Chadwick

    In 1919 James Chadwick discovered the Neutron. (No Date)
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg came up with the Uncertainty Principle in 1927. (No Date)
  • Renaming of Persia

    Persia is now renamed Iran
  • World War 2

    World War 2 Begins
  • Erwin Shrodringer

    In the early 1950's Erin Shrodringer proposed a mathematical equation that is used in the modern Quantum Theory. (No Date)
  • Glenn Seaborg

    Glenn Seaborg discovered nine transuranium elements, elements heavier than uranium, between 1941 and 1955
  • Murray Gell-man

    Postulated the existance of Quark (thought to be the building blocks of protons, neutrons, and even of matter) in 1964 (no date)
  • Reunification of Germany

    East and West Germany Reunify
  • Invasion of Haiti

    US invade Haiti to help
  • Expulsion of US weapon inspectors

    In 1997 US weapon inspectors were expelled from Iraq