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This table provides an overview of the scientific relevant discoveries which would have to be predicted in its entirety by a theory of everything, in order to claim itself as a success.

Timeline of Fundamental Physics Discoveries Before 1780
1687	laws of motion and law of gravity, Newton
Timeline of Fundamental Physics Discoveries Since 1780
Advances in our knowledge of the laws of nature consisting either of experimental discoveries or theoretical proposals that were confirmed experimentally.
1780
1782	Conservation of matter, Lavoisier
1785	Inverse square law for electric charges confirmed, Coulomb
1801	Wave theory of light, Young
1803	Atomic theory of matter, Dalton
1805
1806	Kinetic energy, Young
1814	Wave theory of light, interference, Fresnel
1820	Evidence for electro-magnetic interactions, Ampere, Biot, Savart
1824	Ideal gas cycle analysis, internal combustion engine, Sadi Carnot
1827	Electrical resistance, etc., Georg Ohm
1830
1838	Lines of force, fields, Michael Faraday
1838	Earth's magnetic field, Weber
1842–3	Conservation of energy, Julius Robert Mayer, William Thomson
1842	Doppler effect, Lord Kelvin
1845	Faraday rotation (light and electromagnetic)
1847	Conservation of energy 2, Joule, Hermann von Helmholtz
1850–1	Second law of thermodynamics, Rudolf Clausius, Kelvin
1855
1857–9	Kinetic theory, Clausius, James Clerk Maxwell
1861	Black body, Kirchhoff
1863	Entropy, Clausius
1864	A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field, Maxwell
1867	Dynamic theory of gases, Maxwell
1880
1871–89	Statistical mechanics, Boltzmann, Gibbs
1884	Boltzmann derives Stefan radiation law
1887	Electromagnetic waves, Hertz
1893	Wein's radiation law
1895	X-rays
1897	Electron
1900	Planck formula for radiation
1905
1905	Special relativity, Einstein Photoelectric effect, Einstein Brownian motion, Einstein
1911	Equivalence principle Discovery of the Atomic nucleus Superconductivity
1913	Bohr model of the atom
1916	General relativity, Einstein
1919	Light bending confirmed
1922	Friedmann proposes expanding universe
1923	Stern-Gerlach experiment Matter waves Galaxies Particle nature of photons confirmed
1925–7	Quantum mechanics
1925	Stellar structure understood
1927	Big Bang proposed by Lemaitre
1928	Antimatter predicted
1929	Hubble confirms expansion of universe
1930
1932	Antimatter confirmed Neutron discovered
1933	Dark matter found
1937	Muon discovered
1938	Superfluidity discovered Energy production in stars understood
1939	Uranium fission discovered
1944	Theory of magnetism in 2D Ising model
1947	Pion discovered
1948	Quantum electrodynamics
1955
1956	Electron neutrino discovered
1956–7	Parity found violated
1957	Superconductivity explained
1959–60	Role of topology in quantum physics, predicted and confirmed
1962	SU(3) theory of strong interactions Muon neutrino found
1963	Quarks predicted
1967	Unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions Solar neutrino problem found Pulsars (neutron stars) discovered
1968	Experimental evidence for quarks found
1970–3	Standard model of elementary particles invented
1971	Helium 3 superfluidity
1974	Black hole radiation predicted Renormalization group Charmed quark found
1975	Tau lepton found
1977	Bottom quark found
1978	Dark matter found in galaxies
1980
1980	Quantum Hall effect
1981	Theory of cosmic inflation proposed
1982	Fractional quantum Hall effect
1995	Bose–Einstein condensate found
1995	Top quark found
1998	Dark energy discovered
2000	Tau neutrino found
2003	WMAP observations of Cosmic microwave background
Timeline Source: American Physical Society