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Birth
Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England -
Shrewsbury School
After Darwin's mother died in 1817, Charle's Darwin enrolled in Shrewsbury School as a boarder with his brother, Erasmus -
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Darwin begins University
Charles Darwin started studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he cannot stand the sight of blood so he decides to join Christ's College in Cambridge for a general degree -
Offer of a lifetime
Darwin gets an invite to join the HMS Beagle on a journey to South America, in December of 1831 he joins the HMS Beagle which would span 5 years -
Two new kinds of human society
Darwin encounters slavery in Brazil and then later meets the people of Tierra Del Fuego -
Darwin Marries
in January of 1839, Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood, his first cousin, they have 10 children but 3 of them die in childhood -
On the Origin of Species
Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection which is immediately a best seller but the opinion on evolution is divided -
Descent of Man is Published
Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory focuses on human evolution and sexual selection -
Expression of Emotion is published
Darwin publishes Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, part of his research focuses on recognition of facial expressions -
Insectivorous Plants is Published
Sixteen years after his first observation of these organisms he published Insectivorous Plants, he is fascinated by the way these plants digest food like animals -
The Final Book
Darwin publishes The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Actions of Worms, he exchanged letters on the subject of worms since the 1830s -
Death
Darwin dies on 19 April 1882, and he is then buried in Westminster Abbey and received a ceremonial funeral after petitions made by friends and family