1773 in science
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The year 1773 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1772 in science, other events of 1773, 1774 in science and the list of years in science.
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Chemistry
- Hilaire Rouelle discovers urea
Exploration
- January 17 - Captain James Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle
Awards
Births
- January 29 - Friedrich Mohs, mineralogist (died 1839)
- May 19 - Arthur Aikin, chemist, mineralogist (died 1854)
- June 10 - Robert Brown, botanist (died 1858)
- June 13 - Thomas Young, physicist (died 1829)
- July 23 - Thomas Brisbane, astronomer (died 1860)
- December 27 - George Cayley, naturalist and inventor (died 1857)
Deaths
- July 23 - George Edwards, naturalist (born 1693)