The year 1806 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Thomas Andrew Knight

Births

• April 9 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer († 1859)
• December 11 - Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, German geologist († 1886)

Deaths

• June 23 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist (born 1723)
• August 23 - Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (born 1736)