1787 in science
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The year 1787 in science and technology
See also: 1786 in science, other events of 1787, 1788 in science, list of years in science.
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Astronomy
- January 11 - William Herschel discovers Titania, the first moon of Uranus found.
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Awards
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Births
- March 6 - Joseph von Fraunhofer (d. 1826), physicist.
- March 16 - Georg Ohm (d. 1854), physicist.
- June 7 - William Conybeare (d. 1857), geologist.
- June 27 - Thomas Say (d. 1834), naturalist.
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Deaths
- February 13 - Rudjer Boscovich, physicist, mathematician and astronomer (born 1711)