See also: 1877 in science, other events of 1878, 1879 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: Jean Baptiste Boussingault Wollaston Medal for Geology: Thomas Wright Births Deaths January 19 - Henri Victor Regnault, physical chemist (* 1810) February 8 - Elias Magnus Fries, botanist (* 1794)
