Wilhelm Hisinger

Events

1

Episodes

4

Years

1802–1804

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Wilhelm Hisinger, 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. Wollaston, Tennant and Berzelius identify new elements

   1802–1804

   Role: Swedish mine-owner and sponsor of Berzelius

   1. 1July 1802 to April 1803 · Soho shopPalladium Discovery

      Wollaston noted palladium in July 1802, named it in August, and offered it in Soho in April 1803.

   2. 21803 to 1804 · LondonRhodium Discovery

      Wollaston discovered rhodium in 1803, naming it for the rose color of its chlorine compounds.

   3. 31803 to June 21, 1804 · LondonIridium and Osmium Residues

      Tennant analyzed platinum ore residues in 1803, identifying iridium and osmium, documented in 1804.

   4. 41803 · Bastnäs, SwedenCerium Discovery

      Berzelius and Hisinger discovered cerium in Bastnäs, Sweden, in 1803, independently confirmed by Klaproth in Germany.

Sources

1. Cerium Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
2. Jöns Jacob Berzelius Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25