1777 in science
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The year 1777 in science and technology involved some significant events.
ExplorationEdit
- March – Third voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain Cook discovers Mangaia and Atiu in the Cook Islands.
MathematicsEdit
- Leonhard Euler introduces the symbol i to represent the square root of −1.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
TechnologyEdit
- probable date – Thomas Arnold of London produces the first watch ("Arnold 36") to be called a chronometer.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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AwardsEdit
- Copley Medal: John Mudge<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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BirthsEdit
- February 12 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist (died 1838)
- April 30 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (died 1855)
- May 4 – Louis Jacques Thénard, French chemist (died 1857)
- May 18 – John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist and entomologist (died 1852)
- August 14 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (died 1851)
DeathsEdit
- September 22 – John Bartram, naturalist and explorer considered the "father of American botany" (born 1699)
- September 25 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss polymath (born 1728)
- December 7 – Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (born 1708)
- Celia Grillo Borromeo, Italian scientist and mathematician (born 1684)