1829 in science - Definition

The year 1829 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Mathematics

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

Palaeontology

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

Technology

• William Burt patents the first typewriter

Awards

• Copley Medal: not awarded

Births

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

Deaths

• April 6 – Niels Henrik Abel (b. 1802), mathematician.
• May 10 - Thomas Young (b. 1773), physicist.
• May 29 – Humphry Davy (b. 1778), chemist.
• December 28 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (b. 1744), naturalist.