1765 in science

The year 1765 in science and technology

See also: 1764 in science, other events of 1765, 1766 in science and the list of years in science.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Not awarded

Births

• March 7 – Nicéphore Niépce, inventor (died 1833)
• December 8 – Eli Whitney, inventor (died 1825)
• Robert Fulton, engineer (died 1815)

Deaths

• April 15 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist (born 1711)
• May 7 – Alexis Clairault, mathematician (born 1713)