1765 in science explained

The year 1765 in science and technology involved several significant events.

Astronomy

• February 8 – Nevil Maskelyne becomes Astronomer Royal in England.^[1]

Technology

• May – James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of the steam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser.^[2]
• October 15 – Gribeauval system for manufacture of cannon introduced in France by royal decree.^[3]
• Timișoara Fortress construction completed by the Habsburg Empire.

Zoology

• Saverio Manetti begins publication of his Storia naturale degli uccelli, trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis ornate ("Natural History of the Birds, treated systematically and adorned with copperplate engraving illustrations, in miniature and life-size") in Florence.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Not awarded^[4]

Births

• March 7 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (died 1833)
• November 14 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (died 1815)
• December 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (died 1825)

Deaths

• April 15 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist (born 1711)
• May 7 – Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (born 1713)
• September – Richard Pococke, English anthropologist and explorer (born 1704)
• December 25 – Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian, natural scientist and pioneer in the field of electricity (born 1698)

Notes and References

1. Book: 1765. The People's Chronology. Everett, Jason M.. Thomson Gale. 2006.
2. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 323.
3. Book: Chartrand, René. 2003. Napoleon's Guns 1792-1815. 1. 1-84176-458-2. Oxford. Osprey Publishing. 7.
4. Web site: Copley Medal British scientific award . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 July 2020 . en.