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ARCHAEOLOGY

Rediscovery of the ruins of Pompeii

MATHEMATICS

Leonhard Euler publishes ''Analysis Infinitorum'', an introduction to pure analytical Mathematics

MEDICINE

John Fothergill publishes ''Account of the Sore Throat, attended with Ulcers'', an early description of Diphtheria

TECHNOLOGY

Lewis Paul invents a hand machine for wool-carding

AWARDS

BIRTHS

February 27 - Anders Sparrman , Swedish botanist, pupil of Linnaeus (died 1820 )

March 5 - Jonas C. Dryander , Swedish botanist (died 1810 )

March 10 - John Playfair , Scottish scientist (died 1819 )

April 12 - Antoine Laurent De Jussieu , French botanist (died 1836 )

June 30 - Dominique, Comte De Cassini , French astronomer (died 1845 )

August 8 - Johann Friedrich Gmelin , German naturalist (died 1804 )

December 9 - Claude Louis Berthollet , chemist (died 1822 )

DEATHS

January 1 - Johann Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician (born 1667 )