1861 in science

The year 1861 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

[edit] Astronomy

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

[edit] Chemistry

• William Crookes discovers thallium

[edit] Events

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

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Louis Agassiz
• Wollaston Medal for geology: Heinrich Bronn

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

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