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Charles Darwin is born
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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
Was invited to join the HMS Beagle on a 5 year surveying voyage to South America -
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
Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex -
Darwin dies
