Later the ancient Egyptians wore copper jewelry as a status symbol and to ward off evil spirits. Now Tiffany & Co. is trumpeting that, in honor of its 175th anniversary, modern-day alchemists have made a new precious metal to adorn the wrists, fingers and necks of its wealthy clientele.
Wilhelm Wundt opens first experimental laboratory in psychology at the University of Leipzig, Germany. Credited with establishing psychology as an academic discipline, Wundt's students include Emil Kraepelin, James McKeen Cattell, and G. Stanley Hall.
Sigmund Freud. (1856 - 1940) Creator of Psychoanalysis-- Analyzing the Mind. Freud was one of the first to infer that mental disorders could be a result of individual history, and not just physical impairment. Freud developed a complete theory of personality, composed of an interplay between psychic structures and incidents within psychosexual stages of development.