See also: 1830 in science, other events of 1831, 1832 in science and the list of years in science.
Astronomy Heinrich Schwabe makes the first detailed drawing of the Big Red Spot on Jupiter Chemistry A. A. Bussy publishes his Mémoire sur le Radical métallique de la Magnésie describing his method of isolating magnesium Exploration December 27 - Charles Darwin starts his voyage on HMS Beagle Awards Copley Medal: George Biddell Airy Wollaston Medal: William Smith Births February 28 - Edward James Stone, astronomer († 1897) March 3 - George Pullman, inventor († 1897) May 16 - David Hughes, inventor († 1900) June 13 - James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician († 1879) August 20 - Eduard Suess, geologist († 1914) October 6 - Richard Dedekind, mathematician († 1916) October 29 - Othniel Charles Marsh, paleontologist († 1899) Deaths June 27 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (* 1776)