Jöns Jacob Berzelius discovers thorium in 1829 …
Years: 1829 - 1829
Jöns Jacob Berzelius discovers thorium in 1829 and names the new element after the Norse god Thor.
In the same year, Berzelius fails to find anything new in a sample supplied by Gottfried Osann, who now withdraws his claim for the discovery of ruthenium.
