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First 2 Lens MicroScope
Hans and Zacharias Janssen Developed the first microscope -
Cells Get Their Names
Robert Hooke Named Cells after they reminded him of dorms that
monks lived in. -
Bacteria Named Animalcules
Anton van Leeuwenhoek looked through a 1 lens microscope and named the animal looking cretures (bacteria) animalcules -
All Plants Are Made Of Cells
Matthias Schleiden looked under a microscope and discovered all plants are made up of one or more cells. -
Animals are made of cells
Theodor Schwann discovered animals are made of cells -
Cell Division Is Discovered
Rudolph Virchow Proved that all cells come from pre-existing cells
