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Discovery Year of the elements

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CarbonN/A[note]
Copper
8000 BC
Lead
4000 BC
Silver
3000 BC
Tin
3000 BC
Antimony
3000 BC
Gold
2500 BC
Iron
2000 BC
Mercury
1500 BC
Sulfur
500 BC
Arsenic
1250
Bismuth
1400
Zinc
1500 in Germany
Phosphorus
1669 in Germany
Platinum
1735 in Peru
Cobalt
1735 in Sweden
Nickel
1751 in Sweden
Magnesium
1755 in United Kingdom
Hydrogen
1766 in United Kingdom
Nitrogen
1772 in United Kingdom
Chlorine
1774 in Sweden
Manganese
1774 in Sweden
Oxygen
1774 in Sweden and United Kingdom
Molybdenum
1781 in Sweden
Tellurium
1783 in Romania
Tungsten
1783 in Spain
Zirconium
1789 in Germany
Uranium
1789 in Germany
Strontium
1790 in United Kingdom
Titanium
1791 in United Kingdom
Yttrium
1794 in Finland
Beryllium
1797 in France
Chromium
1797 in France
Niobium
1801 in United Kingdom
Vanadium
1801 in Mexico and Sweden
Tantalum
1802 in Sweden
Rhodium
1803 in United Kingdom
Palladium
1803 in United Kingdom
Osmium
1803 in United Kingdom
Iridium
1803 in France and United Kingdom
Cerium
1803 in Germany and Sweden
Sodium
1807 in United Kingdom
Potassium
1807 in United Kingdom
Calcium
1808 in United Kingdom
Barium
1808 in United Kingdom
Boron
1808 in France and United Kingdom
Iodine
1811 in France
Cadmium
1817 in Germany
Lithium
1817 in Sweden
Selenium
1817 in Sweden
Silicon
1824 in Sweden
Aluminum
1825 in Denmark
Bromine
1826 in France
Thorium
1829 in Sweden
Lanthanum
1839 in Sweden
Erbium
1842 in Sweden
Terbium
1843 in Sweden
Ruthenium
1844 in Russia
Cesium
1860 in Germany
Rubidium
1861 in Germany
Thallium
1861 in United Kingdom
Indium
1863 in Germany
Gallium
1875 in France
Holmium
1878 in Switzerland
Ytterbium
1878 in Switzerland
Samarium
1879 in France
Scandium
1879 in Sweden
Thulium
1879 in Sweden
Gadolinium
1880 in Switzerland
Praseodymium
1885 in Austria
Neodymium
1885 in Austria
Fluorine
1886 in France
Dysprosium
1886 in France
Germanium
1886 in Germany
Argon
1894 in United Kingdom
Helium
1895 in Sweden and United Kingdom
Polonium
1898 in France
Radium
1898 in France
Neon
1898 in United Kingdom
Krypton
1898 in United Kingdom
Xenon
1898 in United Kingdom
Actinium
1899 in France
Radon
1900 in Germany
Europium
1901 in France
Lutetium
1907 in France and Germany
Protactinium
1913 in Germany and United Kingdom
Hafnium
1923 in Denmark
Rhenium
1925 in Germany
Technetium
1937 in Italy
Francium
1939 in France
Astatine
1940 in United States
Neptunium
1940 in United States
Plutonium
1940 in United States
Americium
1944 in United States
Curium
1944 in United States
Promethium
1945 in United States
Berkelium
1949 in United States
Californium
1950 in United States
Einsteinium
1952 in United States
Fermium
1952 in United States
Mendelevium
1955 in United States
Nobelium
1958 in Sweden and United States
Lawrencium
1961 in United States
Rutherfordium
1964 in Russia and United States
Dubnium
1967 in Russia and United States
Seaborgium
1974 in United States
Bohrium
1981 in Germany
Meitnerium
1982 in Germany
Hassium
1984 in Germany
Darmstadtium
1994 in Germany
Roentgenium
1994 in Germany
Ununbium
1996 in Germany
Ununquadium
1998 in Russia
Ununhexium
2000 in Russia
Ununtrium
2004 in Russia and United States
Ununpentium
2004 in Russia and United States
Ununoctium
2006 in Russia and United States
UnunseptiumN/A


Notes on the Discovery Year of particular elements:

Carbon: Known since ancient times.

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