1765 in science
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The year 1765 in science and technology involved some significant events.
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: Not awarded
[edit] Births
- March 7 - Nicéphore Niépce, inventor (died 1833)
- November 14 - Robert Fulton, engineer (died 1815)
- December 8 - Eli Whitney, inventor (died 1825)
[edit] Deaths
- April 15 - Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist (born 1711)
- May 7 - Alexis Clairault, mathematician (born 1713)
- September - Richard Pococke, English anthropologist and explorer (born 1704)
- December 25 - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian, natural scientist, developer of lightning rod (born 1698)
