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"Biology" introduced (Science)
Karl Friedrich Burdach introduced the term "biology," which replaced "natural history" -
Electrolysis (Science)
William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle showed chemical reactions could be produced by electricity. Decomposing water into hydrogen and oxygen in process called "electrolysis" -
Philosophy Zoologique (Science)
Jean-Baptiste Monet de Lamarck stated heritable changes could be broguht on by the environment.
His knowledge was broader than Darwin's theory of evolution.
Believed that all species, including man, were mutable over generations and adaptible to changed environments -
Elements of Chemical Philosophy (Science)
Humphry Davy published book Elements of Chemical Philosophy in which he had written that "science has…bestowed upon man powers which may be called creative; which have enabled him to change and modify the beings around him…".
Mary Shelley acquired some ideas for Frankenstein's character from this book -
Baha'i Faith (Religion)
1817-1892
Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, born -
Homologous (Science)
Etienne Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire defined the concept of have the same evolutionary origin.
Didn't come up with the word until 1825 -
Mormonism (Religion)
Joseph Smith, Jr. was the American religious figure who founded the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism. -
Cells make Plants (Science)
Matthias Schleiden stated that all plants are made out of cells -
Transcendentalism (Religion)
Philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was founder of transcendentalism, Emerson believed in the power of intuition over scientific reason and in the strength of nature and the human spirit. -
Psychology (Religion)
Sigmund Freud: was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, based on his theory that human development is best understood in terms of changing objects of sexual desire -
On the Origin of Species (Science)
Charles Darwin presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection.
Darwin’s scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life. -
Genetics (Science)
Gregor Johann Mendel often called the father of genettics for his study of inheritance traits in pea plants.
The signigicance of Mendel's work was not recognised until the turn of the 20th century. -
Origins debate (Religion v Science)
The Huxley - Wilberforce debate on Origins at the Oxford Museum of Natural History, leads to famous quote: "Are you descended from an ape on your Grandmother's or Grandfather's side?" -
Periodic Table (Science)
Dmitri Mendeleev founded the formulation of the periodic table