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==Deaths== * January 14 β [[Edmond Halley]], English [[astronomer]], [[geophysicist]], [[mathematician]], [[meteorologist]], and [[physicist]] (born [[1656 in science|1656]]). * February 28 β [[Willem 's Gravesande]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[polymath]] (born [[1688 in science|1688]]). * May 13 β [[Nicolas Andry]], [[French people|French]] [[physician]] (born [[1658 in science|1658]]). * September 22 β [[Frederic Louis Norden]], [[Denmark|Danish]] explorer (born [[1708 in science|1708]]).
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