- 1796 in science
The year 1796 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Medicine
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May 14 -Edward Jenner administers the firstsmallpox vaccination Reference for year: cite journal | last = Waldman | first = Thomas A. | date = 2003 | url = http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nm/journal/v9/n3/full/nm0303-269.html&filetype=pdf | title = Immunotherapy: past, present and future | format = PDF | journal = Nature Medicine | volume = 9 | pages = 269–277 | doi = 10.1038/nm0303-269 ]Awards
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Copley Medal :George Atwood Births
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February 10 -Henry De la Beche , geologist (died 1855)
*February 22 -Adolphe Quetelet , mathematician and astronomer (died 1874)
*June 1 -Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot , mathematician (died 1832)
*August 21 -James Lick , philanthropist who endowed theLick Observatory (died 1876)Deaths
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May 1 -Alexandre Guy Pingré , French astronomer and naval geographer (born 1711.
*December 11 -Johann Daniel Titius , Germanastronomer (born 1729)References
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