==Physics==* Ruđer Bošković publishes his atomic theory in "Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in natura existentium" ("Theory of natural philosophy reduced to one law of the forces existing in nature").
* Сербский ученый, физик, математик Руджер Иосип Бошкович опубликовал оригинальную атомистическую теорию (атом как центр силы): "Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in natura existentium" (Theory of Natural philosophy derived to the single Law of forces which exist in Nature).