1796 in science
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The year 1796 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1795 in science, other events of 1796, 1797 in science and the list of years in science.
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Medicine
- May 14 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination[1] (https://academickids.com:443/encyclopedia/index.php/1796_in_science#fn_smallpox)
Awards
Births
- February 22 - Adolphe Quetelet, mathematician and astronomer (died 1874)
- June 1 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, mathematician (died 1832)
- Henry De la Beche, geologist (died 1855)
- August 21 James Lick in Pennsylvania Philanthropist who endowed the Lick observatory
Deaths
References
- Template:Anb Reference for year: Waldman, Thomas A. (2003). Immunotherapy: past, present and future (http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nm/journal/v9/n3/full/nm0303-269.html&filetype=pdf). Nature Medicine 9, 269-277.