Editing 1830s (section)

=== Photography ===
[[Image:Daguerreotype Daguerre Atelier 1837.jpg|thumb|''L'Atelier de l'artiste.'' An 1837 [[daguerreotype]] by [[Louis Daguerre]], the first to complete the full process.]]
* 1833 – [[Joseph Plateau]] invented an early [[stroboscope|stroboscopic]] device, the "[[phenakistiscope]]", which gives the illusion of a moving image. This invention was an important [[History of film technology|precursor to cinema]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/exhibits/fancy-names-and-fun-toys/phenakistiscopes/ |title=Phenakistiscope |publisher=History of Science Museum |access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>
* August [[1835]] – [[Henry Fox Talbot]] exposes the world's first known [[Negative (photography)|photographic negatives]] at [[Lacock Abbey]] in England.<ref>{{cite book|first=Patrick|last=Robertson|title=The Shell Book of Firsts|location=London|publisher=Ebury Press|year=1974|isbn=0-7181-1279-2|pages=127–8}}</ref>
* April [[1837]] – [[Louis Daguerre]] develops the [[daguerreotype]].<ref name=":02">{{cite web |last1=Darcy-Roquencourt. |first1=Jacques |date=5 April 2002 |title=Boulevard du Temple de Daguerre |url=http://www.niepce-daguerre.com/boulevard_du_Temple_de_dag.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013094244/http://www.niepce-daguerre.com/boulevard_du_Temple_de_dag.html |archive-date=13 October 2018 |accessdate=9 August 2019 |website=www.niepce-daguerre.com}}</ref>
* [[January 2]], [[1839]] – First photo of the [[Moon]] taken by photographer [[Louis Daguerre]] 
* [[January 9]], [[1839]] – The [[French Academy of Sciences]] announces the [[Daguerreotype]] photography process.
* [[June 22]], [[1839]] – [[Louis Daguerre]] receives a patent for his camera (commercially available by September at the price of 400 francs).
* [[August 19]], [[1839]] – The French government gives [[Louis Daguerre]] a pension and gives the [[daguerreotype]] "for the whole world".