Named for people

Bohrium Curium Einsteinium Fermium Gallium . . Hahnium . Lawrencium Meitnerium Mendelevium Nobelium Roentgenium Rutherfordium Seaborgium Niels Bohr Pierre and Marie Curie Albert Einstein Enrico Fermi both named after Gallia (Latin for France) and its discover Lecoq de boisbaudran (le coq, the French word for 'rooster, translates to gallus in Latin) Otto Hahn (Dubnium, named for Dubna in Russia, is the IUPACaccepted name for element 105) Ernest Lawrence Lise Meitner Dmitri Mendeleev Alfred Nobel Wilhelm Roentgen (formerly Ununumium) Ernest Rutherford Glenn T. Seaborg

countries
Americum Francium Scandium Germanium Polonium (America) (France) (Scandanavia) (Germany) (Poland)

Cities
Berkelium, Yttebium Strontium Tebium Yttium, Tebium, and Yttebium Tebium named after Berkeley, California. (after Ytterby, a Swedish town) named after the Scottish village of Strontian named after Yterrby. named after Yterrby, A Swedish Town. named after Yterrby.

Mythological figures or gods

Aurora Iris Mercury Titans Freyja Niobe Goblin Cobalt, Tantalos Thor Aurium (gold) Iridium Mercury Titanium Vanadis Vanadium Niobium Nickel Tantalum Thorium

Prometheus

Promethium

Town with 4 elements named after it

Ytterby in Sweden has given its name to four elements: - Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrium."

Known to ancient humans

The following modern elements were known to the ancient humans: gold, silver, tin, copper, lead, iron, mercury, carbon, sulfur

Before 1800
Hydrogen, Beryllium, Magnesium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Tungsten, Molebdenum, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Colbat, Nickel, Copper, Zink, Silver, Platinum, Gold, Mercury, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Carbon, Chlorine, Arsenic, Tin, Antinomy, Tellurium, Bismuth, Lead, Uranium.

Elements discovered between 1801 to 1900

Vanadium,Niobium,Tantalum,Palladium,Cerium,Osmium,Iridium,Rhodium, Potassium,Sodium,Calcium,Boron,Iodine,Lithium,Cadmium,Selenium,Silico n, Aluminium,Bromine,Thorium,Lanthanum,Erbium,Terbium,Ruthenium,Caesi um, Rubidium,Thallium,Indium,Helium,Gallium, Barium, Radium, Germanium, Polonium, Florine, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Presiodymium, Neodymium, Samarium, Gadolinium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Thulium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Actinium.

after 1900

Francium, Hafnium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Rhenium, Technetium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Damstadium, Roentgenium, Copernicium, Ununtrium, Flerovium, Ununpentium, Livemorium, Ununseptium, Ununoctium, Astatine, Radon, Promethium, Protactinium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Menddevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium, Lutetium, Europium.

Before 1800 Hydrogen Beryllium Magnesium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Tungsten Molybdenum Chromium Manganese Iron Colbat Nickel Copper Zink Silver Platinum Gold Mercury Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Phosphorus

1801 to 1900 Vanadium Niobium Tantalum Palladium Cerium Osmium Iridium Rhodium Potassium Sodium Calcium Boron Iodine Lithium Cadmium Selenium Silicon Aluminum Bromine Thorium Lanthanum Erbium Terbium

After 1900 Francium Hafnium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Rhenium Technetium Hassium Meitnerium Damstadium Roentgenium Copernicium Ununtrium Flerovium Ununpentium Livemorium Ununseptium Ununoctium Astatine Radon Promethium Protactinium

Carbon Chlorine Arsenic Tin Antinomy Tellurium Lead Uranium Titanium

Ruthenium Caesium Rubidium Thallium Indium Helium Gallium Barium Radium Germanium Polonium Florine Neon Argon Krypton Xenon Presiodymium Neodymium Samarium Gadolinium Dysprosium Holmium Thulium Ytterbium Actinium

Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Menddevium Nobelium Lawrencium lutetium Europium