Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1771–1775

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Carl Wilhelm Scheele, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley

   1771–1775

   Role: Swedish pharmacist who independently produced oxygen

   1. 11771–1772 · Uppsala, SwedenScheele's Prior Production

      Scheele produces oxygen by heating mercuric oxide and nitrates before Priestley.

   2. 21 August 1774 · Wiltshire, EnglandIsolation of Dephlogisticated Air

      Priestley isolates oxygen from mercuric oxide using sunlight in Wiltshire.

   3. 31775 · UnknownPublication of Findings

      Priestley publishes his discovery in 1775, establishing his priority over Scheele.

Sources

1. Oxygen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21