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Birthday
On 12 February in 1809 Susannah Darwin gave birth to the fifth of six children - Charles Darwin -
School
Charles Darwin joined the day school run by its preacher in 1817. That July, his mother died -
Anglican Shrewsbury School
From September 1818 he joined attending the nearby Anglican Shrewsbury School as a boarder. -
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Edinburgh period of life
At Edinburgh University Darwin studied medicine. He found lectures dull and surgery distressing, so neglected his studies. He learned taxidermy from John Edmonstone, a freed black slave. -
First discovery
In Darwin's second year he joined the Plinian Society and on 27 March 1827 presented his own discovery that black spores found in oyster shells were the eggs of a skate leech -
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Cambridge period of life
He goes to Cambridge after the Christmas vacation, early in 1828. He it is not too deep in training. He wakes up in a passion for collecting beetles. In his final examination in January 1831 Darwin did well, coming tenth out of 178 candidates for the ordinary degree. -
Voyage of the Beagle
In 1831, after graduating from university, as a naturalist, Darwin went to a round trip on the Royal Navy research vessel "Beagle".During the trip, he carefully writes his observations and theoretical calculations. -
Return to the England
The journey lasted for almost five years. Most of the time, Darwin spends on the beach, studying the geology and collecting natural history collection.During the journey he has made a number of descriptions of various areas of geology, amassed a collection of animals, and gave a brief description of the external structure and anatomy of many marine invertebrates. -
Scientific activities after returning
In 1838-1841 Darwin was secretary of the Geological Society of London. In 1839 he married, and in 1842 the couple moved from London to Down (Kent), when began to live permanently. Here Darwin led a secluded and measured life of the scientist and writer. -
Geology Monograph
In 1846, Darwin ended his latest monograph on the geology and planned to come to grips with the issues of evolution. A few months later, he wanted to dedicate the study of barnacles. But the work is spread out until 1854 he created a major work, which zoologists used until now. -
Evolutionary studies
In 1854-1855. Charles Darwin flush begin work on evolutionary writings, collects materials on variation, inheritance and evolution of wild species of animals and plants. By the summer of 1858 he wrote ten chapters of this work -
Edition
November 24, 1859 was published "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life." -
Theory of artificial selection
In 1868 he published a large work on the theory of artificial selection "Changing the domestic animals and cultivated plants." In this book, Darwin wondered about how favorable evasion can be fixed in the progeny. -
Another important work
In 1871, when Darwinism was already accepted as a natural science concepts, the book "The Descent of Man and sexual selection", which shows not only the undeniable similarities, but also the relationship of man and primate. -
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
The following year he published the book "Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals," which based on the study of the facial muscles and the means of expression of emotions in man and animals on one more example proved their relationship. -
Last works
in 1881, a year before his death, Charles Darwin publishes a great deal of work on the role of earthworms in soil formation. -
Death
In 1882 he was diagnosed with what was called "angina pectoris" which then meant coronary thrombosis and disease of the heart. He died at Down House on 19 April 1882
