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Birth Date
On this day the famous Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, to parents Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood. -
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Charles attends Edinburgh Univeristy
Charles goes to Edinburgh U for medicine but shows interest in Zoology and free thinking. -
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On to Cambridge
His father switched Charles to Cambridge where he learned about Botany and meets Rev. John Henslow, his teacher/mentor. -
The Theory of Evolution made in the Galapagos
Darwin comes up with the Theory of Evolution stating that all life started in the ocean and developed over time into everything we have today with natural selection as a main point of his theory.
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On the Origin of Species
Darwin publishes his book on this Theory of Evolution. -
Death
After a long life Charles Darwin passed away.