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Date of birth
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England -
Darwin attends the university of Edinburgh Medical School
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Charles Darwin's Voyage on the HMS Beagle
Charles Darwin is hired to be the ship's naturalist in the H.M.S Beagle and the young age of 22. Darwin mostly filled his notebooks with observations of plants, animals and geology (“HMS Beagle: Darwin’s Trip around the World | National Geographic Society”). This voyage is where Darwin developed the basis for his theory of Natural Selection and Evolution. A brief video to explain more about natural selection. -
Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgewood
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Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
The first of the 6 editions published is printed. This book describes Darwin's concept of natural selection, Preservation of Favored Races in the struggle for Life. Concept Darwin had been working on following his Voyage on the H.M.S Beagle (“Who Discovered Evolution?”). -
Darwin publishes The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
The publishing of this book tried to explain Darwins hypotheses of pangenesis and attempted to explain heredity. -
Darwin publishes The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
This book is published and lead to a great debate at this point in the world and challenged the church. The book suggested that humans descended from apes. -
Date of death
Charles Darwin was 73 years old when he passed away, in Kent, England. Darwin was laid to rest in Westminster, Abbey.