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The year '''1700 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Exploration==
* September 6 – [[Edmond Halley]] returns to England after a voyage of almost one year on [[HMS Paramour (1694)|HMS ''Paramour'']], from which he has observed the [[Antarctic Convergence]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Alan|last=Gurney|title=Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839|publisher=Norton|location=New York|year=1997|isbn=0-393-03949-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/belowconvergence0000gurn}}</ref> and publishes his findings on terrestrial magnetism in ''General Chart of the Variation of the Compass''.

==Geology==
* January 26 – At approximately 9&nbsp;p.m., the [[1700 Cascadia earthquake|Cascadia earthquake]] occurs in the [[Pacific Northwest]] with an estimated [[moment magnitude scale|moment magnitude]] of 8.7–9.2. This [[megathrust earthquake]] ruptures about {{convert|1000|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=off}} of the [[Cascadia Subduction Zone]] and causes a [[tsunami]] that strikes the coast of Japan approximately 10 hours later.

==Medicine==
* [[Nicolas Andry]] publishes ''De la génération des vers dans les corps de l'homme'', a pioneering text in the [[germ theory of disease]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gee|first=Henry|authorlink=Henry Gee|title=Jacob's Ladder: the History of the Human Genome|url=https://archive.org/details/jacobsladderhist0000geeh|url-access=registration|publisher=W. W. Norton|location=New York|year=2004|pages=[https://archive.org/details/jacobsladderhist0000geeh/page/35 35–36]|isbn=978-0-393-05083-7}}</ref>
* [[Bernardino Ramazzini]] publishes ''De Morbis Artificum Diatriba'' in [[Modena]], a pioneering text in [[occupational medicine]].

==Technology==
* ''approx. date'' – The [[clarinet]] might have been invented by the German flute maker [[Joseph Mamadski]] as a modification of the [[chalumeau]], but it will not be until the late 18th century that composers include clarinets into their orchestrations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcnj.edu/~mckinney/a_short_history.htm |title=A Short History|work=Clarinet Compendium|last=McKinney|first=Roger W| accessdate= 4 January 2008 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>
* The [[piano]], newly invented by [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]], is listed in an inventory of musical instruments owned by the [[Medici]].

==Institutions==
* July 11 – The [[Prussian Academy of Sciences]] is founded with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]] as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Berlin.html|title=Berlin Academy of Science|last1=O'Connor|first1=John J.|first2=Edmund F.|last2=Robertson |work=MacTutor History of Mathematics| accessdate= 4 January 2008 <!--Added by DASHBot-->| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080112034735/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Berlin.html| archivedate= 12 January 2008 <!--Added by DASHBot--> |date=August 2004}}</ref>

==Births==
* February 8 – [[Daniel Bernoulli]], Swiss [[mathematician]] (died [[1782 in science|1782]])
* May 7 – [[Gerard van Swieten]], Dutch-born [[physician]] (died [[1772 in science|1772]])
* November 19 – [[Jean-Antoine Nollet]], French clergyman and [[physicist]] (died [[1770 in science|1770]])
* November 28 – [[Nathaniel Bliss]], English [[astronomer]] (died [[1764 in science|1764]])
* Undated
** [[William Braikenridge]], Scottish clergyman and [[geometer]] (died [[1762 in science|1762]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Braikenridge.html|title=William Braikenridge|last1=O'Connor|first1=John J.|first2=Edmund F.|last2=Robertson|work=MacTutor History of Mathematics|accessdate=2008-01-04<!--Added by DASHBot-->|date=November 1999|archive-date=2019-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827014808/http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Braikenridge.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[George Martine (physician)|George Martine]], Scottish physician and scientist (died [[1741 in science|1741]])<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Anita|last=McConnell|title=Martine, George (1700–1741)|year=2004|edition=Online|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18227|accessdate=2014-11-02|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18227}} </ref>

==Deaths==
* May 22 – [[Louis Jolliet]], Canadian [[explorer]] (born [[1645 in science|1645]])
* June 1 – [[Willem ten Rhijne]], Dutch doctor and botanist (born [[1647 in science|1647]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Galileo Project |url=http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/tenrhyne.html |access-date=2022-01-01 |website=galileo.rice.edu}}</ref>
* August 8 – [[Joseph Moxon]], English mathematician (born [[1627 in science|1627]])
* Undated – [[Kamalakara]], Indian astronomer and mathematician (born [[1616 in science|1616]])

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