1776 In Science

Exploration

• James Cook begins his third voyage of exploration in the Pacific

Geology

• James Keir suggests that some rocks, such as those at the Giant's Causeway, might have been formed by the crystallisation of molten lava

Awards

• Copley Medal: James Cook

Births

• February 4 - Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, German naturalist (died 1837)
• April 1 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (died 1831)
• August 2 - Friedrich Strohmeyer, chemist, discoverer of cadmium (died 1835)
• August 6 - Amedeo Avogadro, chemist (died 1856)

Deaths

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