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Birth
He was born on September 6, 1766 in Eaglesfield, England -
Lit & Phil
In 1794 he was elected a member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Also, not so long after he made his first thesis about "Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours", in which he theorised that deficit on the perception of color was caused by discolouration of the liquid medium of the eyeball. -
Secretary of the MLPS
He becomes a secretary of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1800. -
Experimental Essays
He presented an important series of essays on the constitution of mixed gases, steam and other vapours pressure on different temperatures, both in a vacuum and in air, on evaporation, and on the thermal expansion of gases. These essays were named "Experimental Essays". They were published in the "Memoirs of the Lit & Phil" in 1802. -
Theory of Matter and Atomic Theory
In 1803 John Dalton, proposed his atomic theory of matter, which would later state that as temperature rises, gasses expand, and the cause of the "Aurora borealis", otherwise known as the Northern Lights, visible in Sweden. Then on October 21, 1803, John Dalton first announced of his famous atomic theory. -
Fellowship for the Royal Society
In 1810, Sir Humphry Davy asked Dalton to offer himself as a candidate for the fellowship of the Royal Society, but Dalton turned him down. It is possibly because of economical reasons. -
Principles of Volumetric Analysis
In one of the memories that was read in 1814, Dalton explains the principles of volumetric analysis. -
Member of the Science Academy
In 1824 he was made a corresponding member of the French Science Academy. -
Second Volume
The first part of his second volume was issued in 1827. However, the second part of vol. ii. never came out. -
Place of Davy
In 1830 john was elected as one of its eight foreign associates in place of Davy. -
First Stroke
Dalton had a minor stroke in 1837. -
Second Stroke
Dalton had a second stroke in 1838 which left him with a speech impediment, though he was still able to do experiments. -
Essays
In 1840 an essay about the phosphates and arsenates, was refused by the Royal Society, but he published it himself because he was insistent on publishing it. He did the same things later on with four other essays, two of which contained his discovery about the the atom theory and about some anhydrides when dissolved. -
Third Stroke
In May 1844 he had another stroke and then the 26th of July he wrote down his last meteorological observation. -
Death
On July 27, in Manchester, Dalton fell from his bed and was found dead by his attendant. He had forty thousand Manchurians who went to his funeral to pay their respects. He was buried in Manchester's Ardwick cemetery which is now a playing field, but pictures of the original grave are published.
