The following events related to sociology occurred in the 1830s.

1831

Events

• Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet's The Propensity to Crime is published.

1834

Events

• Harriet Martineau's Illustrations of Taxation is published.

Deaths

• December 23: Thomas Malthus (born February 13, 1766)

1835

Events

• Lambert Adolphe Jacques Qu telet' On Man and the Development of Human Facilities, An essay in Social Physics
• Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America is published.

1837

Events

• Harriet Martineau' Society in America

1838

Events

• Harriet Martineau' How to Observe Morals and Manners`