1861 in science

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The following events occurred during the year 1861 in the areas of science and technology;

Astronomy

• Comet C/1861 J1 (the "Great Comet of 1861") discovered in Australia.

Chemistry

• William Crookes discovers thallium

Events

• Ignaz Semmelweis publishes Die Ätiologie, der Begriff und die Prophylaxis des Kindbettfiebers, a treatment of his theory on sanitary conditions during childbirth.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Louis Agassiz
• Wollaston Medal for geology: Heinrich Bronn

Births

Deaths

• November 10 - Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (b. 1805), zoologist.