See also: 1805 in science, other events of 1806, 1807 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: Thomas Andrew Knight Births April 9 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer († 1859) December 11 - Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, German geologist († 1886) Deaths June 23 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist (born 1723) August 23 - Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (born 1736)
