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Group: Illyricum, Praetorian prefecture of
Location: Pátmos Island Dhodhekanisos Greece

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.