1811 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1811 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Paleontology

• Mary Anning discovers the fossilised remains of an Ichthyosaur at Lyme Regis

Physics

• Amedeo Avogadro proposes his hypothesis relating volumes and numbers of molecules of gases

Awards

• Copley Medal: Benjamin Brodie

Births

• March 11 - Urbain Le Verrier (d. 1877), astronomer.
• March 30 - Robert Bunsen (d. 1899), chemist.
• October 25 - Evariste Galois (d. 1832), mathematician.

Deaths

• February 9 - Nevil Maskelyne, astronomer (* 1732)
• August 31 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, explorer (* 1729)
• September 8 - Peter Simon Pallas, naturalist (* 1741)