Charles Darwin

By ahodges
  • Charles Darwin is born

    Charles Darwin is born

  • Starts University

    Starts University

    Began studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
    Left in 1828 to join Christ's College, Cambridge.
  • Darwin sets sail on the Beagle

    Darwin sets sail on the Beagle

    Was invited to join the HMS Beagle on a 5 year surveying voyage to South America
  • On the Origin of Species in published

    On the Origin of Species in published

    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
    Immediate best-seller but opinion of evolution is divided
  • The Descent of Man is published

    The Descent of Man is published

    Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
  • Darwin dies

    Darwin dies