1833 in science

The year 1833 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1832 in science, other events of 1833, 1834 in science and the list of years in science.

Biology

• Anselme Payen discovers diastase (the first enzyme to be discovered)
• Marshall Hall coins the term "reflex"

Chemistry

• Thomas Graham proposes Graham's Law

Physics

• Wilhelm Eduard Weber develops an electromagnetic telegraph

Awards

• Copley Medal: Not awarded

Births

• March 25 - Fleeming Jenkin, engineer († 1885)
• May 5 - Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm Richthofen, geographer († 1905)
• June 29 - Peter Waage, chemist († 1900)
• October 9 - Eugene Langen, engineer († 1895)
• October 17 - Paul Bert, physiologist († 1886)
• October 21 - Alfred Nobel, inventor († 1896)
• December 2 - Daniel von Recklinghausen, pathologist († 1910)

Deaths

• January 10 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, mathematician (* 1752)
• February 6 - Pierre André Latreille, zoologist (* 1762)
• February 14 - Gottlieb Sigismund Kirchhoff, chemist (* 1764)
• April 22 - Richard Trevithick, engineer and inventor (* 1771)
• July 5 - Nicéphore Niepce, inventor (* 1765)
• October 31 - Johann Friedrich Meckel, anatomist (* 1781)