See also: 1802 in science, other events of 1803, 1804 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Awards 2 Births 3 Deaths

Awards

• Copley Medal: Richard Chenevix

• May 12 - Justus von Liebig, chemist († 1873)
• May 24 - Charles Lucien Bonaparte, naturalist († 1857)
• July 31 - John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer († 1889)
• November 29 - Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and discoverer of the Doppler effect († 1853)
• December 21 - Joseph Whitworth, English mechanical engineer (died 1887)