Science and Technology
- Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday.
- Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States.
- Robert's Quartet, a group of galaxies, is discovered.
- Evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin's expedition on the HMS Beagle.
- July 17, 1830 – Barthélemy Thimonnier is granted a patent (#7454) for a sewing machine in France; it chains stitches at 200/minute.
- August 31, 1830 – Edwin Beard Budding is granted a patent for the invention of the lawnmower.
- September 15, 1830 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens, the world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives.
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