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==Births== * January 12 β [[Antonio de Ulloa]], Spanish explorer (died [[1795 in science|1795]]) * March 6 β [[Pehr Kalm]], Swedish [[botanist]] and explorer (died [[1779 in science|1779]]) * May 29 β [[Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton]], French [[naturalist]] (died [[1799 in science|1799]]) * c. August 18 β [[Johan Maurits Mohr]], Dutch [[astronomer]] (died [[1775 in science|1775]]) * October 3 β [[Giovanni Battista Beccaria]], Italian [[physicist]] (died [[1781 in science|1781]]) * October 4 β [[James Lind]], [[Scotland|Scottish]]-born pioneer of hygiene in the British Royal Navy (died [[1794 in science|1794]]) * December 27 β [[Leonardo Ximenes]], [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] [[polymath]] (died [[1786 in science|1786]]) * [[James Brindley]], English engineer (died [[1772 in science|1772]])
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