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List of years in science (Table)
… 1853 • 1854 • 1855 • 1856 • 1857 • 1858 • 1859 •    1860 • 1861 • 1862 – 1863 – 1864 • 1865 • 1866 •    1867 • 1868 • 1869 • 1870 • 1871 • 1872 • 1873 …
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… 1860 • 1861 • 1862 – 1863 – 1864 • 1865 • 1866 … … 1830s • 1840s • 1850s – 1860s – 1870s • 1880s • 1890s … … 18th century – 19th century – 20th century …
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The year 1863 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Adam Sedgwick
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Gustav Bischof

[edit] Births

• March 25 - Simon Flexner (d. 1946), pathologist and bacteriologist.
• July 12 - Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (d. 1906), physicist.

[edit] Deaths