1758 In Science

Astronomy

• Comet Halley reappears, as predicted by Edmond Halley

Physics

• Rudjer Boscovich publishes his atomic theory in Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in nalura existentium

Zoology

• Carolus Linnaeus applies his binomial system to animal classification

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Dollond

Births

• Heinrich Wilhelm Matthus Olbers, astronomer (died 1840)

Deaths

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