Courtneys History of biology timeline By LunaNight6 Oct 22, 1595 Jannsen makes the microscope. Janssen discovered the microscope in 1595 while by putting two or more lenses together Wich made things bigger. Oct 22, 1664 Hooke makes the book Micrographia Oct 22, 1666 Hooke names the cell Dec 4, 1837 Charles Darwin found the cratures called finches Oct 22, 1839 Schwann,Shliden and Virchow disover cell theory Oct 24, 1960 Carl Linnaeus discovered 3 kingdoms