1749 in science
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The year 1749 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1748 in science, other events of 1749, 1750 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards
Births
- March 23 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician († 1827)
- May 17 - Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine († 1823)
- Abraham Gottlob Werner (d. 1817), geologist.
Deaths
- September 10 - Emilie du Chatelet, French mathematician and physicist (born 1706)