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<h2 id="chemistry">Chemistry</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Johann_von_L%25C3%25B6wenstern-Kunckel/bGQm8of3">Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel</a> publishes his handbook of experimental chemistry, <i>Collegium physico-chymicum experimentale, oder, Laboratorium chymicum</i>, in Germany.</li></ul> <h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tsar/qTE59C0T">Tsar</a> <a href="/facts/Peter_the_Great/plNUAaWM">Peter the Great</a> of <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russia</a> studies with the <a href="/facts/Physician/qJ3woFvG">physician</a> <a href="/facts/Herman_Boerhaave/hGUwe2G7">Herman Boerhaave</a> at <a href="/facts/Leiden_University/MqnmnTtF">Leiden University</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>January 12 – <a href="/facts/Antonio_de_Ulloa/WjM8hMFK">Antonio de Ulloa</a>, Spanish explorer (died <a href="/facts/1795_in_science/5LeG8Atn">1795</a>)</li> <li>March 6 – <a href="/facts/Pehr_Kalm/Rxcvc53G">Pehr Kalm</a>, Swedish <a href="/facts/Botanist/PaIRoxnb">botanist</a> and explorer (died <a href="/facts/1779_in_science/1odCQDI1">1779</a>)</li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/facts/Louis-Jean-Marie_Daubenton/Hug6zjlD">Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton</a>, French <a href="/facts/Naturalist/pSlAvbTX">naturalist</a> (died <a href="/facts/1799_in_science/sXtz2JKb">1799</a>)</li> <li>c. August 18 – <a href="/facts/Johan_Maurits_Mohr/dSVqVkmq">Johan Maurits Mohr</a>, Dutch <a href="/facts/Astronomer/ronF8j4a">astronomer</a> (died <a href="/facts/1775_in_science/KeKM5Ww9">1775</a>)</li> <li>October 3 – <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Battista_Beccaria/IGYLAGfH">Giovanni Battista Beccaria</a>, Italian <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a> (died <a href="/facts/1781_in_science/dCMLLjpy">1781</a>)</li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/facts/James_Lind/MHR0RTV8">James Lind</a>, <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scottish</a>-born pioneer of hygiene in the British Royal Navy (died <a href="/facts/1794_in_science/rbU8QBMq">1794</a>)</li> <li>December 27 – <a href="/facts/Leonardo_Ximenes/2ddu8IFP">Leonardo Ximenes</a>, <a href="/facts/Tuscany/Ivw1ogrE">Tuscan</a> <a href="/facts/Polymath/eqIfjQRu">polymath</a> (died <a href="/facts/1786_in_science/slrNPfAC">1786</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Brindley/eQuCE7jd">James Brindley</a>, English engineer (died <a href="/facts/1772_in_science/zyDLwvxa">1772</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li>November 14 – <a href="/facts/Gottfried_Leibniz/cTc2er83">Gottfried Leibniz</a>, German scientist and <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> (born <a href="/facts/1646_in_science/fEIuxts3">1646</a>)</li></ul>