1716 in science
The year 1716 in science and technology involved some significant events.Chemistry
- Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel publishes his handbook of experimental chemistry, Collegium physico-chymicum experimentale, oder, Laboratorium chymicum, in Germany.
Events
- Tsar Peter the Great of Russia studies with the physician Herman Boerhaave at Leiden University.
Births
- January 12 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish explorer
- March 6 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish botanist and explorer
- May 29 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist
- c. August 18 – Johan Maurits Mohr, Dutch astronomer
- October 3 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist
- October 4 – James Lind, Scottish-born pioneer of hygiene in the British Royal Navy
- December 27 – Leonardo Ximenes, Tuscan polymath
- James Brindley, English engineer
Deaths
- November 14 – Gottfried Leibniz, German scientist and mathematician
