See also: 1777 in science, other events of 1778, 1779 in science, list of years in science.
Exploration Awards Copley Medal: Charles Hutton Births February 4 - Augustin Pyrame de Candolle , botanist († 1841) December 6 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, chemist and physicist († 1850) December 17 - Humphry Davy, chemist († 1829) Deaths January 10 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, first to develop standard nomenclature for naming species (* 1707)
