A tentative outline is as follows:

1Egyptian alchemy [3,000 BCE – 400 BCE], formulate early "element" theories such as the Ogdoad.
2Greek alchemy [332 BCE – 642 CE], the Macedonian king Alexander the Great conquers Egypt and founds     Alexandria, having the world's largest library, where scholars and wise men gather to study.
3Islamic alchemy [642 CE – 1200], the Muslim conquest of Egypt; development of alchemy by Jābir ibn               Hayyān, al-Razi and others; Jābir modifies Aristotle's theories; advances in processes and apparatus.
4European alchemy [1300 – present], Pseudo-Geber builds on Arabic chemistry.[citation needed] From the          12th century, major advances in the chemical arts shifted from Arab lands to western Europe.
5.Chemistry [1661], Boyle writes his classic chemistry text The Sceptical Chymist.
6.Chemistry [1787], Lavoisier writes his classic Elements of Chemistry.
7.Chemistry [1803], Dalton publishes his Atomic Theory.
8.Chemistry [1869], Dmitri Mendeleev presented his Periodic table being the framework of the modern                 chemistry