1796 in science
The year 1796 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1795 in science, other events of 1796, 1797 in science and the list of years in science.
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Medicine
- May 14 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination[1]
Awards
Births
- February 22 – Adolphe Quetelet, mathematician and astronomer (died 1874)
- June 1 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, mathematician (died 1832)
- Henry De la Beche, geologist (died 1855)
- August 21 James Lick in Pennsylvania Philanthropist who endowed the Lick observatory
Deaths
References
- ⇧ Reference for year: Waldman, Thomas A. (2003). Immunotherapy: past, present and future. Nature Medicine 9, 269–277.
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