Editing 1863 in science (section)

==Chemistry==
* August 1 – [[Friedrich Bayer]] founds the chemical manufacturing company of [[Bayer]] at [[Barmen]] in [[Germany]].
* [[Hoechst AG|Teerfarbenfabrik Meister, Lucius & Co.]] of [[Höchst (Frankfurt)]] in Germany produce a green dye from [[coal tar]].<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=James Burke (science historian)|first=James|last=Burke|title=Connections|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-333-24827-9|page=205}}</ref>
* French chemist [[Angelo Mariani (chemist)|Angelo Mariani]] produces the first commercially successful [[coca wine]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lestrange|first=Aymon de|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1029444492|title=Coca wine: Angelo Mariani's miraculous elixir and the birth of modern advertising|date=2018|isbn=978-1-62055-784-6|edition=Rev.|location=Rochester, VT|publisher=Park Street Press|oclc=1029444492}}</ref>