See also: 1769 in science, other events of 1770, 1771 in science and the list of years in science.
Paleontology The fossilised bones of a huge animal (later identified as a Mosasaur) are found in a quarry near Maastricht in the Netherlands Awards Copley Medal: William Hamilton Births April 9 - T. J. Seebeck, physicist (died 1831) Deaths December 5 - James Stirling, mathematician (born 1692)