1811 in science

The year 1811 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Paleontology

* Mary Anning discovers the fossilised remains of an Ichthyosaur at Lyme Regis.

Physics

* Amedeo Avogadro proposes his hypothesis relating volumes and numbers of molecules of gases.

Awards

* Copley Medal: Benjamin Brodie

Births

* March 11 - Urbain Le Verrier (d. 1877), astronomer.
* March 30 - Robert Bunsen (d. 1899), chemist.
* October 25 - Évariste Galois (d. 1832), mathematician.

Deaths

* February 9 - Nevil Maskelyne, astronomer (born 1732)
* August 31 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, explorer (born 1729)
* September 8 - Peter Simon Pallas, naturalist (born 1741)