See also: 1884 in science, other events of 1885, 1886 in science, and the list of years in science.
Medicine July 6 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister; a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. Awards Copley Medal: Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz Wollaston Medal for Geology: George Busk Births October 7 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist († 1962) October 23 - Jan Czochralski discoverer of the Czochralski process for growing crystals († 1953) Deaths June 12 - Fleeming Jenkin, engineer (* 1833)
