1778 in science
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The year 1778 in science and technology.
See also: 1777 in science, other events of 1778, 1779 in science, list of years in science.
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Exploration
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Awards
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Births
- February 4 - Augustin Pyrame de Candolle, botanist († 1841)
- December 6 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, chemist and physicist († 1850)
- December 17 - Humphry Davy, chemist († 1829)
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Deaths
- January 10 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, first to develop standard nomenclature for naming species (* 1707)