- 1763 in science
The year 1763 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
* Publication of
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille 's "Coelum australe stelliferum", cataloguing all his data from the southern hemisphere and including about 10,000 stars and a number of brighter star clusters andnebula eAwards
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Copley Medal : Not awardedBirths
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May 16 -Louis Nicolas Vauquelin , chemist (died 1829)
*December 25 -Claude Chappe , engineer (died 1805)
* John Brinkley, astronomer (died 1835)
*William Maclure , geologist (died 1840)Deaths
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July 11 -Peter Forsskål , Swedish naturalist (born 1732)
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