See also: 1764 in science, other events of 1765, 1766 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: Not awarded Births March 7 - Nicéphore Niepce, inventor (died 1833) December 8 - Eli Whitney, inventor (died 1825) Robert Fulton, engineer (died 1815) Deaths April 15 - Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist (born 1711) May 7 - Alexis Clairault, mathematician (born 1713)
