1831 in science
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The year 1831 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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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
Births
- January 26 - Anton de Bary (d. 1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist.
- February 28 - Edward James Stone (d. 1897), astronomer.
- March 3 - George Pullman (d. 1897), inventor.
- May 16 - David Hughes (d. 1900), inventor.
- June 13 - James Clerk Maxwell (d. 1879), mathematician.
- August 20 - Eduard Suess (d. 1914), geologist.
- October 6 - Richard Dedekind (d. 1916), mathematician.
- October 29 - Othniel Charles Marsh (d. 1899), paleontologist.
Deaths
- June 27 - Sophie Germain (b. 1776), mathematician.