Darwin

Darwin was born

Feb 12, 1809

Born in Shrewsbury, England, the son of Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah

Darwin's life

Period: Feb 12, 1809 to Apr 19, 1882

Darwin leaves on voyage

Dec 27, 1831

Meets Captain Robert FitzRoy (1805-65) and makes preparations for the voyage. Begins Beagle diary. After two false starts, the ship leaves Plymouth

Begins survey of South American Coast

Feb 1, 1832

Survey of South American Coast from February 1832 to May 1834.

Galapagos Islands

Sep 15, 1835

Visits Galapagos islands from September to October

Darwin returns home

Oct 4, 1836

Voyage of the HMS Beagle ends

Begins thinking about information from his voyage

Mar 1, 1837

Begins publication of The Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle (1838-43). The naturalist John Gould identifies his bird specimens.

Charles Lyell

Mar 5, 1837

Becomes friendly with the geologist Charles Lyell, a Geologist that stated the Earth's continents changed/moved little by little

Thomas Malthus

Sep 28, 1838

Darwin read T. R. Malthus Essay on the Principle of Population (1798).

Emma

Jan 29, 1839

Marries Emma Wedgwood

Voyage of the Beagle

May 1, 1839

Publishes Journal of Researches, later known as Voyage of the Beagle.

Birth of first son

Dec 17, 1839

First child, a son William, is born. He and Emma eventually have ten children, seven of whom reach adulthood.

Annie

Mar 23, 1851

Daugher Annie dies of fever.

Wallace

Jun 1, 1858

Receives a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace who is collecting specimens in Indonesia. Wallace encloses an essay on species and varieties that mirrors Darwin’s own theory of natural selection.

Wallace and Darwin

Jul 1, 1858

Extracts from Darwin and Wallace’s writings presented by Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker at the Linnean Society of London

Publication

Nov 24, 1859

On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life is published in London

Award

Nov 1, 1864

Awarded the Copley medal of the Royal Society of London, its highest scientific honor. Tis has been awarded to people such as Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking

New Publication

Jul 1, 1868

Publishes The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.

New Publication

Feb 24, 1871

Publishes The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex.
A list of all his publications.

Darwin's death

Apr 19, 1882

Seventy-three years old at death

Darwin's burial

Apr 26, 1882

Burried at Westminster Abbey near Sir Issac Newton. Wanted to be burried in Parish church yard.