1861 in science

Categories: 1861 | Years in science

See also:
Other events of 1861
List of years in science
...
1860 in science
1861 in science
1862 in science
...

The following events occured during the year 1861 in the areas of science and technology;

Contents

1 Astronomy
2 Chemistry
3 Events
4 Awards
5 Births
6 Deaths

Astronomy

Comet C/1861 J1 (the "Great Comet of 1861") discovered in Australia.

Chemistry

William Crookes discovers thallium

Events

Ignaz Semmelweis publishes Die Ätiologie, der Begriff und die Prophylaxis des Kindbettfiebers, a treatment of his theory on sanitary conditions during childbirth.

Awards

Births

Deaths

November 10 - Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (b. 1805), zoologist.