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440 B.C
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Democritus was first to suggest exsistence of atoms. He believed atoms were indestructible and indivisible.
1803
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John Dalton pictures atoms as tiny indestructible particles, with no internal structure.
1803
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Dalton's Atomic Theory.
1886
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Observed a cathode ray tube and found rays traveling in the direction opposite of the cathode ray. This was evidence for a positively charged particle called a proton.
1897
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Discovered the electron. This later leads to his "plum-pudding" model. He pictures electrons embedded in a sphere of positive electrical charge.
1904
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Suggests that an atom has a central nucleus and that electrons move in orbit.
1911
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Atoms have a small, dense, positively charged nucleus with electrons moving around it.
1913
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Believed the electron moves in a circular orbit at fixed distances from the nucleus.
1916
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Did experiments to find quantity of charge carried by an electron. He ended up calculating the mass of an electron.
1923
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Proposes that moving particles like electrons have some properties of waves. After a few years experimental evidence supported this idea.
1926
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Developed mathematical equations to describe the motion of electrons in atoms, leading to the electron cloud model.
1932
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Confirms the existence of neutrons, which have no charge.
440 B.C
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Battle of Samos. Greek city states made peace with the Persian Empire.
1803
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Great fire in Bombay, India. Ohio becomes the end of the state
1803
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Meteorites fall in L'Aigle France. First horses arrive in Hawaii.
1886
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Slavery abolished in Cuba. China takes over Burma.
1897
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Japan adopts Gold Standard. World's first car dealer opens in London.
1904
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Russian-Japanese War begins. First airplane flight to last more than five minutes.
1911
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First International Women's Day. South Pole first reached by Norwegian Roald Amundson.
1913
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First drive up gasoline station opens. Greece formally takes possession of Crete.
1916
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US Senate agrees to participate in World War 1. Bulgaria declares war on Romania.
1923
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Draft Law passes. Time Magazine debuts.
1926
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Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed. Germany joins League of Nations.
1932
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Japan and China sign a peace treaty. Japanese forces attack and occupy Shanghai.