1800 in science
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The year 1800 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1799 in science, other events of 1800, 1801 in science and the list of years in science.
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[edit] Physics
- Alessandro Volta develops the so-called voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- February 11 - William Fox Talbot, mathematician, physicist and chemist (died 1877)
- July 31 - Friedrich Woehler, chemist (died 1882)
- December 29 - Charles Goodyear, inventor of the vulcanization process (died 1860)
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (born 1716)
- March 14 - Daines Barrington, English naturalist (born 1727)