See also: 1818 in science, other events of 1819, 1820 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Technology 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Technology

• Invention of the Breech loading flintlock by John Hall
• Invention of the Stethoscope by Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec

• Copley Medal: Not awarded

• June 5 - John Couch Adams, mathematician and astronomer († 1892)
• August 13 - George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist († 1903)
• September 18 - Léon Foucault, physicist († 1868)
• September 23 - Hippolyte Fizeau, physicist († 1896)