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BIRTHS

May 18 - Lionel Lukin , Inventor (d. 1834 )

December 3 - James Rennell , British geographer (d. 1830 )

December 9 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele , Swedish Chemist (d. 1786 )

DEATHS

January 14 - Edmond Halley , English Astronomer , Geophysicist , Mathematician , Meteorologist , and Physicist (born 1656 ).