The year 1701 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed

See also: 1700 in science, other events of 1701, 1702 in science, list of years in science.

Geology

• Edmund Halley suggests using the salinity and evaporation of the Mediterranean to determine the age of the Earth

Births

• January 28 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French geographer (died 1774)
• November 27 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1744)

Deaths