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List of years in science (Table)
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The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Not awarded

[edit] Births

• April 10 - Giovanni Aldini, physicist (died 1834)
• November 20 - Pierre André Latreille, zoologist (died 1833)

[edit] Deaths

• February 20 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (born 1723)
• March 21 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (born 1713)
• July 13 - James Bradley, Astronomer Royal (born 1693)
• Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (born 1690)