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==Astronomy== * January 11 β [[William Herschel]] discovers [[Titania (moon)|Titania]] and [[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]], the first [[natural satellite|moons]] of [[Uranus]] found. * February 19 β [[First light (astronomy)|First light]] for William Herschel's [[40-foot telescope]] under construction at [[Observatory House]], [[Slough]], England. * [[Caroline Herschel]] is granted an annual salary of [[Pound sterling|Β£]]50 by King [[George III of Great Britain]] for acting as assistant to her brother William in astronomy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ogilvie|first= Marilyn Bailey|title=Women in Science: Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninscience00mari|url-access=registration|publisher=MIT Press|year=1986|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=[https://archive.org/details/womeninscience00mari/page/97 97β98]|isbn=0-262-65038-X}}</ref>
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