Mathematics
- Arima Yoriyuki finds a rational approximation of, correct to 29 digits.
- Euler gives up his post as director of mathematics at the Prussian Academy of Sciences and returns to Saint Petersburg. On the recommendation of Euler and d'Alembert, Lagrange succeeds him in Berlin, where he will stay for over twenty years.
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