See also: 1772 in science, other events of 1773, 1774 in science and the list of years in science.
Chemistry Hilaire Rouelle discovers urea Exploration January 17 - Captain James Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle Awards Copley Medal: John Walsh Births January 29 - Friedrich Mohs, mineralogist (died 1839) May 19 - Arthur Aikin, chemist, mineralogist (died 1854) June 10 - Robert Brown, botanist (died 1858) June 13 - Thomas Young, physicist (died 1829) July 23 - Thomas Brisbane, astronomer (died 1860) December 27 - George Cayley, naturalist and inventor (died 1857) Deaths July 23 - George Edwards, naturalist (born 1693)
