Technology
- April 28 - James Watt receives a British patent for his parallel motion and other improvements to the steam engine.
- June 4 - Elizabeth Thible becomes the first woman passenger in a hot air balloon, at Lyon, France.
- August 21 - Joseph Bramah receives his first lock patent in London.
- Henry Cort of Funtley, England, applies the coal-fired reverbatory furnace to the puddling process for conversion of cast to wrought iron.
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