See also: 1794 in science, other events of 1795, 1796 in science and the list of years in science.
Paleontology Georges Cuvier identifies the fossilised bones of a huge animal found in the Netherlands in 1770 as belonging to an extinct reptile Awards Copley Medal: Jesse Ramsden Births December 8 - Peter Andreas Hansen, astronomer (died 1874) Deaths March 21 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist (born 1714) June 26 - Gilbert White, English naturalist (born 1720)
