1707 in science
The year 1707 in science and technology involved some significant events.Geology
- May 23 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.
- December 16 – Beginning of the last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
Mathematics
- Publication of Arithmetica universalis, the collected works of Isaac Newton on algebra.
- Abraham de Moivre derives de Moivre's formula.
Medicine
- John Floyer, in The Physician's Pulse Watch, introduces counting of pulse rate during one minute.
- Giovanni Maria Lancisi publishes De Subitaneis Mortibus, an early work in cardiology.
- Georg Ernst Stahl publishes Theoria medica vera: physiologiam & pathologiam.
Births
- January 11 – Vincenzo Riccati, Italian mathematician
- April 10 – John Pringle, Scottish physician
- April 15 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician
- May 23 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist
- June 22 – Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish-born botanical illustrator
- September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist
- December 22 – Johann Amman, Swiss-Russian botanist.
- date unknown – Benjamin Robins, English scientist and engineer
Deaths
- March 30 – Marquis de Vauban, French military engineer
- Maria Clara Eimmart, German astronomer, engraver and designer
