Chemistry Timeline By: Julianne Bamford

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Alchemist people that attempted to change lead into gold

  • Joseph Priestley Discovered oxygen, carbon monoxide, and nitrous oxide

    Joseph Priestley Discovered oxygen, carbon monoxide, and nitrous oxide
  • Dalton was one of the first to develop an atomic model

    Dalton was one of the first to develop an atomic model
  • Amedeo Avogadro realized that the atoms in elements combine to form molecules

  • Friedrich Woehler solves the chemical structure of benzene

  • Humphry Davy figures out that electricity changes chemicals

  • Joseph John Thomson was the first to discover the electron

    Joseph John Thomson was the first to discover the electron
  • Rutherford discovered that the element thorium emmited a gas

    Rutherford discovered that the element thorium emmited a gas
  • Bohr discovered that electrons orbit around the nucleus at the same distances

    Bohr discovered that electrons orbit around the nucleus at the same distances