Germs Time Line by Chloe Gulick p.3

Francesco Redi Maggot Experiment

Jan 1, 1668

Francisco Redi tests his famous maggot experiment, disproving the theory of spontaneous generation

Leeunwenhoek dicovers microorganisms

Nov 21, 1683

Leeuwenhoek discovers microorganisms in rainwater and in the gum scrapings of teeth

fungal infection discovery

Nov 21, 1841

A man named David Gruby discovered ringworm in 1841. He didn't specifically discover ringworm itself, but fungal skin infections and their causes in general.

Plague discovery

Nov 21, 1855

The cause of plague wasn't discovered until the most recent global outbreak, which started in China in 1855 and didn't officially end until 1959.

First pasteurization test

Nov 21, 1862

First pasteurization test done by Pasteur and Claude Bernard.

Germs Dicovered

Dec 31, 1872

Microorganisms, or life forms not visible to the naked eye, were first discovered by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1675 with the invention of the microscope.

Tuberculosis dicovery

Mar 24, 1882

Robert Koch, a German physician and scientist, presented his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), on the evening of March 24, 1882

Samonella discovery

Nov 21, 1885

in 1885, pioneering American veterinary scientist, Daniel E. Salmon, discovered the first strain of Salmonella

Monkey pox discovery

Nov 21, 1958

Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys

Ebola discovery

Nov 21, 1976

Ebola viruses are found in several African countries. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.