1810 in science

The year 1810 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1809 in science, other events of 1810, 1811 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Chemistry 2 Births 3 Deaths

Chemistry

• Chlorine named by Humphry Davy

Births

• July 21 - Henri Victor Regnault, physical chemist († 1878)
• December 7 - Theodor Schwann, physiologist († 1882)

Deaths

• February 24 - Henry Cavendish, physicist and chemist (* 1731)
• June 26 - Joseph Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist (* 1740)