See also: 1812 in science, other events of 1813, 1814 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: William Brande Births January 19 - Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor († 1898) March 19 - David Livingstone, missionary and explorer († 1873) Deaths April 27 - General Zebulon Pike, explorer (* 1779) August 23 - Alexander Wilson, ornithologist (* 1766)