1801 in science
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The year 1801 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1800 in science, other events of 1801, 1802 in science and the list of years in science.
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Awards
Events
- January 1 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first (and largest) asteroid Ceres
Births
- June 16 - Julius Plücker, mathematician and physicist († 1868)
- July 31 - George Biddell Airy, astronomer († 1892)