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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 [[Russian Empire|Russia]] studies with the [[physician]] [[Herman Boerhaave]] at [[Leiden University]].

==Births==
* January 12 – [[Antonio de Ulloa]], Spanish explorer (died [[1795 in science|1795]])
* March 6 – [[Pehr Kalm]], Swedish [[botanist]] and explorer (died [[1779 in science|1779]])
* May 29 – [[Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton]], French [[naturalist]] (died [[1799 in science|1799]])
* c. August 18 – [[Johan Maurits Mohr]], Dutch [[astronomer]] (died [[1775 in science|1775]])
* October 3 – [[Giovanni Battista Beccaria]], Italian [[physicist]] (died [[1781 in science|1781]])
* October 4 – [[James Lind]], [[Scotland|Scottish]]-born pioneer of hygiene in the British Royal Navy (died [[1794 in science|1794]])
* December 27 – [[Leonardo Ximenes]], [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] [[polymath]] (died [[1786 in science|1786]])
* [[James Brindley]], English engineer (died [[1772 in science|1772]])

==Deaths==
* November 14 – [[Gottfried Leibniz]], German scientist and [[mathematician]] (born [[1646 in science|1646]])

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