Vincenzo Casciarolo finds some unusual pebbles that would shine during the night if they were heated to redness during the day.
Carl W. Scheele distinguishes barium oxide from lime
Johan Gahn discovers that Barium is also composed of Barium sulfate
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau writes a translation of Carl Scheele's works, including his discoveries of oxygen, chlorine, barite, etc.
Christoph Hufeland wrote a book about the clinical uses of Barium chloride, talking about its different uses for headaches, skin and scalp diseases, and so much more.
Barium is isolated by Sir Humphrey Davy by electrolysis.
Italians begin using Barium in fireworks to create the green color
Carl Bachem and Hans Gunther develop Barium as an inert contrast agent for gastrointestinal agent
The detection of barium after uranium had been bombarded by neutrons which led to the recognition of nuclear fission
Barium getter wire was manufactured for radio tubes
Barium was discovered amongst the minerals in polypropylene
670 thousand tons of barite were mined in the U.S.
Several Barium compunds were discovered
Barium began being used in dyes such as 6.9 Blanc-fixe, it is also used for the base of lake colors, para red, and for paper coating
Barium was introduced to cosmetics(facial products)
