1826 in science

The year 1826 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1825 in science, other events of 1826, 1827 in science and the list of years in science.

Chemistry

• Antoine Jerome Balard isolates bromine

Technology

• April 1 -Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine
• Nicéphore Nièpce produces the first photograph

Zoology

• The Zoological Society of London is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

Awards

• Copley Medal: James South

Births

• July 13 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, chemist († 1910)
• September 17 - Bernhard Riemann, mathematician († 1866)

Deaths

• June 7 - Joseph von Fraunhofer, physicist (* 1787)
• July 22 - Giuseppe Piazzi, astronomer (* 1746)
• November 23 - Johann Elert Bode, astronomer (* 1747)