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1819 in science

The year 1819 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1818 in science, other events of 1819, 1820 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Technology 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Technology

• Invention of the Breech loading flintlock by John Hall
• Invention of the Stethoscope by Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec

Awards

• Copley Medal: Not awarded

Births

• June 5 - John Couch Adams, mathematician and astronomer († 1892)
• August 13 - George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist († 1903)
• September 18 - Léon Foucault, physicist († 1868)
• September 23 - Hippolyte Fizeau, physicist († 1896)

Deaths

• August 19 - James Watt, mathematician and engineer (* 1736)

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