The year 1733 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1732 in science, other events of 1733, 1734 in science, list of years in science
Births
- March 13 - Joseph Priestley, chemist (died 1804)
- March 17 - Carsten Niebuhr, Danish map-maker, surveyor, and traveller (died 1815)
- May 4 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (died 1799)
- Alexander Monro, Scottish anatomist (died 1817)
- Kaspar Friedrich Wolff, German surgeon and physiologist (died 1794)
Deaths
