when was bromine discovered

Bromine was discovered independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig and Antoine-Jérôme Balard, in the years 1825 and 1826, respectively. Löwig first isolated bromine from mineral water in 1825, but the discovery was not widely announced. Balard discovered bromine in 1826 in the residues from sea salt manufacture and was the first to publicly announce it. The name "bromine" comes from the Greek word "brômos," meaning "stench," due to its strong smell.