1787 in science
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The year 1787 in science and technology

See also: 1786 in science, other events of 1787, 1788 in science, list of years in science.

Astronomy

• January 11 - William Herschel discovers Titania, the first moon of Uranus found.

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Hunter

Births

• March 6 - Joseph von Fraunhofer, physicist (died 1826)
• March 16 - Georg Ohm, physicist (died 1854)
• June 7 - William Conybeare, geologist (died 1857)

Deaths

• February 13 - Rudjer Josip Boscovich, physicist, mathematician and astronomer (born 1711)|1711]])

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