See also: 1775 in science, other events of 1776, 1777 in science and the list of years in science.
Exploration James Cook begins his third voyage of exploration in the Pacific Geology James Keir suggests that some rocks, such as those at the Giant's Causeway, might have been formed by the crystallisation of molten lava Awards Copley Medal: James Cook Births February 4 - Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, German naturalist (died 1837) April 1 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (died 1831) August 2 - Friedrich Stromeyer, chemist, discoverer of cadmium (died 1835) August 6 - Amedeo Avogadro, chemist (died 1856) Deaths
