David Hartley patents a method of fireproofing construction for buildings and ships in Britain.
Institutions
Istanbul Technical University is established (under the original name of Royal School of Naval Engineering) as the world's first comprehensive institution of higher learning dedicated to engineering education.
July 23 – George Edwards, English naturalist (born 1693)
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