1817 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1817 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

Chemistry

• Discovery of cadmium by Friedrich Strohmeyer
• Discovery of lithium by Johann Arfvedson
• Discovery of selenium by Jons Jacob Berzelius
• Pierre-Joseph Pelletier and Joseph-Bienaime Caventou isolate chlorophyll

Awards

• Copley Medal: Henry Kater

Births

• June 30 - Joseph Dalton Hooker (d. 1911), botanist.
• September 10 - Richard Spruce (d. 1893), botanist
• October 10 - Christoph Heinrich Buys-Ballot (d. 1890), meteorologist.
• October 17 - Alfred Des Cloizeaux (d. 1897), mineralogist.

Deaths

• January 1 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth (b. 1743), chemist.
• April 12 - Charles Messier (b. 1730), astronomer.
• June 11 - William Gregor (b. 1761), mineralogist.
• July 28 - Abraham Gottlob Werner (b. 1749), geologist.
• August 7 - Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (b. 1739), industrialist.
• November 7 - Jean-André Deluc (b. 1727), geologist