1801 in science

The year 1801 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1800 in science, other events of 1801, 1802 in science and the list of years in science.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Astley Paston Cooper

Events

• January 1  – Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first (and largest) asteroid Ceres

Births

• June 16 – Julius Plücker, mathematician and physicist († 1868)
• July 31 – George Biddell Airy, astronomer († 1892)

Deaths