Chemistry Timeline By: Julianne Bamford By jmbamford Jan 1, 1000 Alchemist people that attempted to change lead into gold Alchemist Jan 1, 1733 Joseph Priestley Discovered oxygen, carbon monoxide, and nitrous oxide PictureJoseph Priestely Jan 1, 1803 Dalton was one of the first to develop an atomic model PictureDalton Jan 1, 1811 Amedeo Avogadro realized that the atoms in elements combine to form molecules Avogadro Jan 1, 1850 Friedrich Woehler solves the chemical structure of benzene Woehler Jan 1, 1897 Humphry Davy figures out that electricity changes chemicals Davy Jan 1, 1897 Joseph John Thomson was the first to discover the electron PictureJoseph John Thomson Jan 1, 1908 Rutherford discovered that the element thorium emmited a gas PictureRutherford Jan 1, 1913 Bohr discovered that electrons orbit around the nucleus at the same distances PictureBohr