Charles Darwin 1809-1882

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  • Born

    Charles Robert Darwin was born on this day in (Shroshire, England).

  • Charles Robert Darwin was born

    Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shropshire, England.

  • Shrewsbury School

    Darwin joins Shrwesbury school as his older brother Erasimus( afetr his mothers death)

  • Shrewsbury school

    Darwin joins Shrewsbury school as his older brother Erasmus(after their mothers death).

  • University of Edinburgh

    Darwin attends/ begins at a university of edinburgh.

  • University of Edinburgh

    Darwin attends/begins a university. University of Edinburgh.

  • College of Cambridge

    Darwin attends college of cambridge.

  • College of Cambridge

    Darwin attends the college of Cambridge.

  • HMS surveying voyage

    Darwin receives a one of a lifetime offer that Charles Darwin is invited to join the HMS surveying voyage to South America.

  • Beagle Voyage

    Darwin joins the beagle voyage. Charles Darwin joins captain Fitz roy abroad HMS beagle. The voyage lasts approximately 5 years and takes him all around the world.

  • Human Society

    Darwin encounters 2 new kinds of human society. (Charles Darwin encounters slavery in brazil del fuego).

  • Marriage

    Darwin gets married to Emma Wedgewood. His first cousin, in which they 10 children together and 3 that died in their childhood.

  • "On the Origin of Species"is published

    Darwin published his book "On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. It is an immediate best seller but his opinion on this arguement for evolution is divided.

  • Evolutionary Theory, the descent of man.

    Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory , The descent of man and selection in relation to sex, this is a main focus on human evolution and some sexual selection.

  • Insectivorous plants

    Insectivorous plants is published sixteen years after making his first observations of this organisms. He has a fascination by their ability to digest food in a way that is similar to animals.

  • Darwin publishes his final book

    Darwin publishes his final book "The formation of vegetable mould through the actions of worms.

  • Darwin Dies

    Darwin dies