The year 1777 in science and technology involved some significant events. Quick Facts List of years in science (table) ... List of years in science (table) … 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +... vte Close Exploration March – Third voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain Cook discovers Mangaia and Atiu in the Cook Islands. Mathematics Leonhard Euler introduces the symbol i to represent the square root of −1.[1] Technology probable date – Thomas Arnold of London produces the first watch ("Arnold 36") to be called a chronometer.[2][3] Awards Copley Medal: John Mudge[4] Births February 12 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist (died 1838) April 30 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (died 1855) May 4 – Louis Jacques Thénard, French chemist (died 1857) May 18 – John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist and entomologist (died 1852) August 14 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (died 1851) Deaths September 22 – John Bartram, naturalist and explorer considered the "father of American botany" (born 1699) September 25 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss polymath (born 1728) December 7 – Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (born 1708) Celia Grillo Borromeo, Italian scientist and mathematician (born 1684) References [1]Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know. London: Quercus. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8. [2]An account kept during thirteen months in the Royal Observatory at Greenwich of the going of a pocket chronometer made on a new construction by John Arnold. London. 1780. [3]"chronometer, n.". Oxford English Dictionary online version (2nd ed.). 1989. Retrieved 2012-03-09. (subscription or participating institution membership required) [4]"Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.