See also: 1798 in science, other events of 1799, 1800 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: John Hellins Births May 21 - Mary Anning, paleontologist (died 1847) June 18 - Prosper Meniere, French physician (died 1862) September 8 - James Bowman Lindsay, Scottish inventor (died 1862) December 30 - David Douglas, Scottish botanist (died 1834) Deaths January 17 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (born 1718) February 19 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician and physicist (born 1733) August 2 - Jacques Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (born 1745) October 6 - William Withering, British physician, discoverer of digitalis (born 1741) December 6 - Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physicist (born 1728)
