1716 in science

none December 2025 1716 science 1716 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 (died 1795) March 6 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish botanist and explorer (died 1779) May 29 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (died 1799) c. August 18 – Johan Maurits Mohr, Dutch astronomer (died 1775) October 3 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (died 1781) October 4 – James Lind, Scottish-born pioneer of hygiene in the British Royal Navy (died 1794) December 27 – Leonardo Ximenes, Tuscan polymath (died 1786) James Brindley, English engineer (died 1772) Deaths November 14 – Gottfried Leibniz, German scientist and mathematician (born 1646)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Encyclopædia Britannica 10 December 2025 References Category:18th century in science Category:1710s in science