1779 in science

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The year 1779 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

• March 23 - Edward Pigott discovers the Black Eye Galaxy (M64).
• May 5 - The spiral galaxy M61 is discovered in the constellation Virgo by Barnabus Oriani.

Technology

• January 8 - Bryan Higgins is granted a British patent for hydraulic cement (stucco) for use as an exterior plaster.
• The Iron Bridge is erected across the River Severn in Shropshire, England; the first all-cast-iron bridge ever built. It will open to traffic on January 1, 1781.
• The spinning mule is perfected by the Lancashire inventor Samuel Crompton.
• The British Royal Navy adopts the carronade.

Births

• January 5 - General Zebulon Pike, explorer (died 1813)
• August 7 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius, chemist (died 1848)
• August 7 - Louis de Freycinet, explored coastal regions of Western Australia (died 1842)

Deaths

• January 22 - Jeremiah Dixon, surveyor and astronomer (born 1733)
• February 14 - James Cook, explorer (born 1728)
• November 16 - Pehr Kalm, botanist (born 1716)