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Carolus Linnaeus Råshult, Sweden
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James Hutton is Born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Systema Naturae is published
The text illustrates his logical classification system for all living things, by physical appearance and by means of reproduction. He rated organisms and compared them by degree of similarity, a method of grouping introduced the Linnaean system of classification which is used today as the primary method for categorizing organisms in biology. -
Jean Baptiste Lamarck is born in Bazentin, France
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Thomas Malthus is bron in Wescott, United Kingdom
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Georges Cuvier is born in Montbéliard, France
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"The Theory of the Earth" is published
James Hutton, born in 1726 published his evidence of Uniformitarianism, in his book, which asserted that biology followed the same pattern of evolution as the surface of the earth -
Charles Lyell is Born in Angus, United Kingdom
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"Essay on the Principle of Population" is publised
Written by Thomas Malthus, esteemed scientist of 1800’s Europe the book illustrates how species create far more offspring than can survive, and that because of food limitations the offspring less fit for survival die off. This concept of natural selection, provided Darwin with suffiicient evidence of the affect on environmental changes on species -
Philosophie Zoologique was published by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Charles Darwin is Born
Born at The mount, Shewsbury, England, Charles Darwin became the 5th addition to the Robert and Susannah Darwin household -
Alfred Russel Wallace is born in Llanbadoc, United Kingdom
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HMS Beagle Sets Sail
The ship left Plymouth for her second voyage captained by Robert FitzRoy, accompanied by Charles Darwin. It's duty was to survey the southern coast of South America. -
HMS Beagle visits Argentina
Darwin explored land at and around Buenos Aires, and revisited Tierra del Fuego, where the 3 natives from the area that had been brought from England, had disembraked and reverted to their customs. -
HMS Beagle Reaches the Galapagos
Darwin, once the ship had landed, gathered hundreds of specimens and made many observation that became evidence of his later theory of evolution. -
The Voyage Concludes
The HMS Beagle departs from Australia in March 14, after being away for 5 years. -
Theory of Natural Selection is Published
Text explaining tje theory of evolution by species' ability to adapt in order to survive in evolving environemnts, was presented to the Linnean Society of London, by Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker, as Darwin was unable to attend -
On the origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Reaches the Public
The book was published by John Murray, and detailed the history of species. Written to enlighten the general public about the histry of biological roots, the book was an immediate success, and immediately sold 1,500 copies demnadinf the printing of 3,000 additional copies in a month -
Charles Darwin Dies
Dying at the age of 73 from frequent bouts of illness, at his Kent home, Charles Darwin was buried in Westminster Abbey as the father of Evolution