See also: 1828 in science, other events of 1829, 1830 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Mathematics 2 Palaeontology 3 Technology 4 Awards 5 Births 6 Deaths

Mathematics

• Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky publishes his work on hyperbolic non-Euclidean geometry

• Jules Desnoyers names the Quaternary period
• Philippe-Charles Schmerling discovers a Neanderthal fossil, the partial cranium of a small child

• William Burt patents the first typewriter

• Copley Medal: not awarded

• February 2 – Alfred Brehm, zoologist († 1884)
• September 7 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, chemist († 1896)
• September 30 – Joseph Wolstenholme, mathematician († 1891)