Cell Theory

By Tarasmussen

  • Microscope in Invented

  • Robert Hook Discovers/Names the "cell"

  • Hooke publishes "'Micrographia"

    Studies of crystals and snowflakes and the first use of the word "cell" in publication.

  • Antony van Leeuwenhoek Created stronger lenses for the Microscope

    He discovers bacteria, views blood cells, sperm and other cells under the microscope. He doesn't entirely know what they are or how they are structured of functioned at this time.

  • Mary Shelly's novel -Frankenstein Released

  • Wanderer Above the Sea and Fog by Casper David Friedrich

    Wanderer Above the Sea and Fog by Casper David Friedrich

  • HMS BEAGLE SETS SAIL

    Darwin collects his specimens

  • Zollverein-Created a free trade through Germany

    Created by Prussia, first step towards a unified Germany

  • First Train in Germany

  • The Founding of Cell Theory by Schwann and Schleiden

    A collaborative effort

  • Schwann published, "Microscopical Researches into the Accordance in the Structure and Growth of Animals and Plants."

    Scwhann presented his ideas in "Microscopical Researches into the Accordance in the Structure and Growth of Animals and Plants."

  • Third Part of Cell Theory Stated: Rudolf Virchow

    All cells come from pre-existing cells.

  • Mendeleev's Published "Principles of Chemistry"

    Systematic table of elements

  • Eduard Suess Publishes Das Antlitz der Erde

    In this 4 volume edition he proposes the first supercontinent made of smaller ones.