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 (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)