1826 in science

The year 1826 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Chemistry

* Antoine Jerome Balard isolates bromine

Technology

* April 1 -Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine
* Nicéphore Niépce 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 (d. 1910), chemist.
* September 17 - Bernhard Riemann (d. 1866), mathematician.

Deaths

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