1787 in science

See also: 1786 in science, other events of 1787, 1788 in science, list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Astronomy

• January 11 - William Herschel discovers Titania, the first moon of Uranus found.

• Copley Medal: John Hunter

• March 6 - Joseph von Fraunhofer, physicist (died 1826)
• March 16 - Georg Ohm, physicist (died 1854)
• June 7 - William Conybeare, geologist (died 1857)

• February 13 - Rudjer Boscovich, physicist, mathematician and astronomer (born 1711)