Born
- January 1 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (born 1716)
- March 14 - Daines Barrington, English naturalist (born 1727)
- November 5 - Jesse Ramsden, English scientific instrument maker (born 1735)
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“She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had gone out of men.”
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