The year 1743 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

• November 29 - Discovery of C/1743 X1, the 'Great Comet of 1744' (sic.), by Jan de Munck at Middelburg and subsequently by de Ch seaux and Klinkenberg.^[1]

Geology

• Sir Christopher Packe produces a geological map of south-east England.

Physiology and medicine

• June 2 - British surgeon William Hunter presents his paper "Of the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages".^[2]

Awards

• Copley Medal: Abraham Trembley

Births

• February 13 - Joseph Banks, English botanist (died 1820)
• June 3 - Lucia Galeazzi Galvani, Italian scientist (died 1788)
• August 17 - Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, German geographer and zoologist (died 1815)
• August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (died 1794)
• September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher and political scientist (died 1794)
• October 20 - Fran ois Chopart, French surgeon (died 1795)
• November 11 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist (died 1828)
• December 1 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (died 1817)

Deaths

References

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