1865 in science

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The year 1865 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Michel Chasles
• Wollaston Medal in Geology: Thomas Davidson

[edit] Births

• January 22 - Friedrich Paschen (d. 1947), physicist.

[edit] Deaths

• August 26 - Johann Franz Encke (b. 1791), astronomer.
• September 2 - William Rowan Hamilton (b. 1805), mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.