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460
Democritus Birth
Democritus born in Abdera, Thrace. -
500
Democritus' Discovery
Democritus announces the atomic theory, with his work based on his teacher, Leucippus. -
550
Democritus Dies
Democritus dies in Abdera, Thace -
Antoine Lavoisier Birth
Antoine Lavoisier born in Paris, France -
John Dalton BIrth
John Dalton is born in Eaglesfield, England -
Conservation of Mass
Lavoisier comes up with the Law of Conservation of Mass by working with a number of different elements -
Antoine Lavoisier Death
Antoine Lavoiser dies in Paris, France -
Dalton's Atomic Theory
Dalton proposes his Atomic Theory becasue of his work and interest with atmospheric pressure -
John Dalton Dies
John Dalton dies in Manchester England -
J.J. Thomson Birth
J.J. Thomson born in Manchester, UK -
Max Planck Birth
Max Planck born in Kiel, Germany -
Marie Curie BIrth
Marie Curie born in Warsaw, Poland -
Robert Milikan Birth
Robert Milikan is born in Morrison, Illinois -
Ernest Rutherford Birth
Ernest Rutherford born in Brightwater, New Zealand -
Albert Einstein Birth
Albert Einstein born in Ulm, Germany -
Niels Bohr Birth
Niels Bohr born in Copenhagen, Denmark -
Erwin Schrodinger Birth
Erwin Schrodinger is born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary -
James Chadwick Birth
James Chadwick born in Bollington, UK -
Louis De Broglie Birth
Louis De Broglie is born in Dieppe, France -
Discovery of the Electron
J.J. Thomson discovers the electron through a series of experiments used to study the nature of electric discharge and work with his Cathode Ray Tube -
Quantom Theory
Max Planck did a series of experiments and came up with the Quantom Theory -
Werner Heisenberg Birth
Werner Heisenberg is born in Wurzburg, Germany -
Radioactivity
Marie Curie worked with her husband and discovered radioacivity comes from inside the atom and came up with the term "radioactivity" -
Plum Pudding Model
J.J. Thomson shows his Plum Pudding Model of the atom -
Discovery of the Size of Charge on One Electron
Robert Millikan discovers the size of charge on a single electron by doing his Oil Drop Experiment -
Discovery of the Nucleus
Ernest Rutherford discovered the nucleus of the atom from his Gold Foil Experiment -
Bohr's Atomic Model
Niels Bohr shows off his model of the atom, using Rutherford's model as a base -
Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein publishes his theory of general relativity -
Wave Nature of Electrons
Louis De Broglie discovers the wave nature of electrons from his work with x-rays -
Schrodinger's Atomic Model
Erwin Schrodinger shows off his model of the atom, called the Cloud Model, that was created by using mathematical equations -
Uncertainty Principle
Werner Heizenburg comes up with the uncertainty principle based on radiation emitted by the atom -
Discovery of the Neutron
James Chadwick discovers the neutron based off of Marie Curie and her husband's work. -
Marie Curie Death
Marie Curie dies in Passy, Haute-Savoie, France -
Ernest Rutherford Death
Ernest Rutherford dies in Cambridge, UK -
J.J. Thomson Death
J.J. Thomson dies in Cambridge, UK -
Max Planck Death
Max Planck dies in Gottingen, Germany -
Robert Millikan
Robert Millikan dies in San Marino, California -
Albert Einstein Death
Albert Einstein dies in Princeton, New Jersey -
Erwin Schrodinger Death
Erwin Schrodinger dies in Vienna, Austria -
Niels Bohr Death
Niels Bohr dies in Copenhagen, Denmark -
James Chadwick Death
James Chadwick dies in Cambridge, UK -
Werner Heizenburg Death
Werner Heizenburg dies in Munich, Germany -
Louis De Broglie Death
Louis De Broglie dies in Loveciennes, France