Discovery of chlorine

Chlorine is a chemical element; it has symbol Cl and atomic number 17. The second-lightest of the halogens, it appears between fluorine and bromine in the periodic table and its properties are mostly intermediate between them. Chlorine is a yellow-green gas at room temperature.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dates from Wikidata (CC0)

Which happened first?

• Discovery of chlorine and Discovery of oxygen happened in the same year
• Discovery of chlorine and Discovery of manganese happened in the same year
• Discovery of chlorine happened 2 years after Discovery of nitrogen
• Discovery of chlorine happened 3 years before Discovery of sulfur
• Discovery of chlorine happened 4 years before Discovery of molybdenum

Timeline

1. Discovery of nitrogen1772
2. Discovery of chlorine (this page)1774
3. Discovery of manganese1774
4. Discovery of oxygen1774
5. Discovery of sulfur1777
6. Discovery of molybdenum1778

Related

• Discovery of hydrogen1766
• Discovery of PlutoFebruary 18, 1930
• Discovery of carbon1789
• Discovery of aluminium1825
• Discovery of heliumAugust 18, 1868
• Discovery of lithium1817
• Discovery of sodium1807
• Discovery of calcium1808