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1831
Charles Darwin graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge with a B.A. degree. this is important because it gave him his eduction -
1831
Charles Darwin was asked to go on the HMS beagle. Little did he know this deduction started off his most influential work. -
1831
Charles Darwin's father finally gave him permission to broad the Beagle. This was the final check off before Darwin could am start off on his majorly important adventures. -
1831
Charles Darwin had his first interview with Fitzroy, Captain of the HMS Beagle, in hopes of becoming the ship's naturalist. Fitzroy very nearly rejected Darwin because of the shape of his nose. Phew that was a close one. Genetics almost got him there. -
1835
The HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, finally reaches Galapagos Islands. this was where he made all of his discoveries and most of his important research -
1858
Charles Darwin received a monograph from Alfred Russel Wallace which essentially summarized Darwin's own theories on evolution, thus inspiring him to publish his work sooner than he planned. This influenced him incredibly -
1858
Charles Darwin began writing his seminal book, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. This went on to be a very important book -
1860
Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce of the Church of England engaged in their famous debate on Darwin's theory of evolution. "FAMOUS debate" -
1860
Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection went into its second edition, 3,000 copies. His first copy was successful enough but could use additions so he made second copy which was successful but not as much. -
1925
Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed into law a prohibition against the teaching of evolution in public schools. Later that year John Scopes would violate the law, leading to the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial. Did what he thought was right. -
1925
The infamous Scopes Monkey Trial began in Dayton, Tennessee.
"INFAMOUS" -
1950
Pope Pius XII issued the encyclical Humani Generis, condemning ideologies which threatened Roman Catholic faith but allowing that evolution did not necessarily conflict with Christianity. Gives different point of views through religious faiths and shows power of pope in overall religious deductions at the time. -
1968
Decided: Epperson v. Arkansas
The Supreme Court found that Arkansas' law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional because the motivation was based on a literal reading of Genesis, not science. monumental decision. -
1982
Decided: McClean v. Arkansas
A federal judge found that Arkansas' "balanced treatment" law mandating equal treatment of creation science with evolution was unconstitutional. Another big court decision. -
1987
Decided: Edwards v. Aguillard
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana's "Creationism Act" because it violated the Establishment Clause.Yet another big court decision