1777 in science
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The year 1777 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1776 in science, other events of 1777, 1778 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards
Births
- April 30 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician (died 1855)
- August 14 - Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist (died 1851)
Deaths
- September 22 - John Bartram, naturalist and explorer considered the "father of American botany" (born 1699)
- December 7 - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (born 1708)