Elements by discovery date

Name all of the elements in order by their date of discovery, with the help of a starting letter.

According to Wikipedia

Dates before 1000 AD are estimates and not exact

*Discovered and isolated but not defined until 1774

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	Element	Date
C	Copper	9000 BC
L	Lead	7000 BC
G	Gold	6000 BC
S	Silver	5000 BC
I	Iron	5000 BC
C	Carbon	3750 BC
T	Tin	3500 BC
S	Sulfur	2000 BC
M	Mercury	1500 BC
Z	Zinc	1000 BC
P	Platinum	600 BC
A	Antimony	850
A	Arsenic	850
P	Phosphorus	1669
C	Cobalt	1735
N	Nickel	1751
B	Bismuth	1753
H	Hydrogen	1766
M	Manganese	1770*
O	Oxygen	1771
N	Nitrogen	1772
C	Chlorine	1774
M	Molybdenum	1778
T	Tungsten	1781
T	Tellurium	1782
U	Uranium	1789
T	Titanium	1791
C	Chromium	1797
N	Niobium	1801
P	Palladium	1802
T	Tantalum	1802
C	Cerium	1803
I	Iridium	1803
O	Osmium	1803
R	Rhodium	1804
P	Potassium	1807
S	Sodium	1807
A	Aluminum	1808
B	Barium	1808
B	Boron	1808

	Element	Date
B	Beryllium	1808
C	Calcium	1808
M	Magnesium	1808
S	Strontium	1808
S	Silicon	1808
Y	Yttrium	1808
Z	Zirconium	1808
F	Fluorine	1810
I	Iodine	1811
C	Cadmium	1817
L	Lithium	1817
S	Selenium	1817
B	Bromine	1825
T	Thorium	1829
V	Vanadium	1830
L	Lanthanum	1838
E	Erbium	1843
T	Terbium	1843
R	Ruthenium	1844
C	Caesium	1860
R	Rubidium	1861
T	Thallium	1861
I	Indium	1863
H	Helium	1868
G	Gallium	1875
H	Holmium	1878
Y	Ytterbium	1878
S	Samarium	1879
S	Scandium	1879
T	Thullium	1879
G	Gadolinium	1880
N	Neodymium	1885
P	Praseodymium	1885
D	Dysprosium	1886
G	Germanium	1886
A	Argon	1894
E	Europium	1896
K	Krypton	1898
N	Neon	1898

	Element	Date
P	Polonium	1898
R	Radium	1898
X	Xenon	1898
R	Radon	1899
A	Actinium	1902
L	Lutetium	1906
P	Protactinium	1913
H	Hafnium	1922
R	Rhenium	1925
T	Technetium	1937
F	Francium	1939
A	Astatine	1940
N	Neptunium	1940
P	Plutonium	1941
A	Americium	1944
C	Curium	1944
P	Promethium	1945
B	Berkelium	1949
C	Californium	1950
E	Einsteinium	1952
F	Fermium	1952
M	Mendelevium	1955
L	Lawrencium	1961
N	Nobelium	1966
R	Rutherfordium	1969
D	Dubnium	1970
S	Seaborgium	1974
B	Bohrium	1981
M	Meitnerium	1982
H	Hassium	1984
D	Darmstadtium	1994
R	Roentgenium	1994
C	Copernicium	1996
F	Flerovium	1998
L	Livermorium	2000
O	Oganesson	2002
M	Moscovium	2003
N	Nihonium	2004
T	Tennessine	2009

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