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==Deaths== * January 22 β [[Jeremiah Dixon]], English [[Surveying|surveyor]] and [[astronomer]] (born [[1733 in science|1733]]) * February 14 β [[James Cook]], English [[List of explorers|explorer]] (born [[1728 in science|1728]]) * June 28 β [[Martha Daniell Logan]], American botanist (born [[1704 in science|1704]]) * October 18 β [[Patrick d'Arcy]], [[Irish people|Irish]]-born [[mathematician]] (born [[1725 in science|1725]]) * November 16 β [[Pehr Kalm]], Swedish botanist (born [[1716 in science|1716]]) * ''undated'' β [[John Kay (flying shuttle)|John Kay]], English inventor (born [[1704 in science|1704]])
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