Overview of the events of 1716 in science

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The year 1716 in science and technology involved some significant events.

## Chemistry[edit]

* Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel publishes his handbook of experimental chemistry, Collegium physico-chymicum experimentale, oder, Laboratorium chymicum, in Germany.

## Events[edit]

* Tsar Peter the Great of Russia studies with the physician Herman Boerhaave at Leiden University.

## Births[edit]

* 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[edit]

* November 14 – Gottfried Leibniz, German scientist and mathematician (born 1646)

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