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1 Anatomy

• Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697-1770), with the help of the artist Wandelaar (1691-1759), produced the most exact account of the bones and muscles of the human body
• Albrecht von Haller publishes Experiments in the Anatomy of Respiration

2 Mathematics

• Jean le Rond d'Alembert uses partial differential equations in mathematical physics

3 Awards

• Copley Medal: Gowin Wright

4 Births

• Johann Elert Bode, astronomer (died 1826)
• Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (Baron von Zois), Slovenian geologist, after whom zoisite is named (died 1819See also Other events of 1819 List of years in science. 1818 in science 1819 in science 1820 in science. The year 1819 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Technology Invention of the Breech loading flintlock by J)

5 Deaths

• Johann Jacob DilleniusJohann Jakob Dillen (Dillenius ( 1684 April 2, 1747) was a German botanist. Dillen was born at Darmstadt and was educated at the university of Giessen, where he wrote several botanical papers for the Ephemerides naturae curiosorum and printed, in 1719, hi, German botanist, botanical artist, and physician who studied and produced several papers on cryptogams (lower plants that do not have seeds or flowers), such as mossThis is an article about the plant. For other uses, see Moss (disambiguation Andreaeidae Sphagnidae Tetraphidae Polytrichidae Buxbaumiidae Bryidae Archidiidae Moss is a type of simple or nonvascular plant, of the class Musci in the division Bryophyta, thaes and algae (born 1687The year 1687 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also 1686 in science, other events of 1687, 1688 in science and the list of years in science. Astronomy Isaac Newton's Principia is published, including his ")
• Johann Heinrich von Heucher , German botanist, after whom the genus heuchera is named (born 1677The year 1677 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also 1676 in science, other events of 1677, 1678 in science and the list of years in science. Births February 8 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (died 1756))