See also: 1786 in science, other events of 1787, 1788 in science, list of years in science.
Astronomy January 11 - William Herschel discovers Titania, the first moon of Uranus found. Awards Copley Medal: John Hunter Births March 6 - Joseph von Fraunhofer, physicist (died 1826) March 16 - Georg Ohm, physicist (died 1854) June 7 - William Conybeare, geologist (died 1857) Deaths February 13 - Rudjer Josip Boscovich, physicist, mathematician and astronomer (born 1711)|1711]])
