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Thomas Hobbes, and English philosopher, publishes a book depicting his ideals on a social contrast and a commonwealth.
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New instruments that magnify allow for people to find out about cells and how they reproduce
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2/3 of England is evacuated to escape the deadly disease
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Linnaeus attempts and succeeds in documenting the different classes of organisms on Earth, setting example for Darwin later on.
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75 slaves with liberated weaponry run off to Florida; the resistance was crushed by the S. Carolina militia.
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Buffon proposes that living things evolve by observing natural laws.
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Rousseau's Discourse on the Origins of Inequality is published
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Erasmus Darwin, grandfather to Charles, pens book questioning whether humans evolved from cells.
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Edward Jenner tests vaccines against smallpox, though he does not not know how it works.
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Lamarck proposes that living things become more complex when they evolve over time.
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Napoleon's deadly march into Russia is not faring well, and many of his troops are freezing to death before they reach their destination.
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The construction of canals, etc. has caused the discovery of lost species, and Cuvier proposes that catastrophes eliminated these organisms.
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Mexico, interested in populating Texas, allows Stephen F. Austin to sell plots of land to settlers.
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Lyell argues the age of the Earth, hinting that slow-moving, gradual processes shape Earth's geology.
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Andrew Jackson puts the Indian Removal Act into action, making more room for settlers to stay.
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Darwin's 5-year journey begins, where he will gather crucial information about what he will soon theorize.
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Too much rain leads to Japanese famine that ends prosperity for a while, and causes around 300,000 deaths.
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Darwin puts his most controversial theory of the Galapagos Islands' finches in separate notebooks, reluctant to share the information.
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Charles Goodyear invents vulcanization, allowing for manmade production of rubber.
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Robert Chambers anonymously publishes book on evolutionary ideas to avoid attack, and is met with incredible opposition.
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US approves of annexation of Texas; Mexico breaks relations with the US.
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William Thompson guesses the age of the Earth to be around 100 million years old.
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California Gold Rush starts, and thousands of immigrants flood to the state in hopes of finding a better life.
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Fossil skull is found in Neander Valley, Germany. The head looks extremely similar to those of human remains.
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The Supreme Court rules that slaves, free or not, do not hold rights as a person and therefore have no right to appeal to court.
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With tools now uncovered, scientists began to think about the mental and physical capabilities of our ancestors.
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Imported rabbits in Australia causes massive destruction to ecological balance in the area.
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Darwin publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection, and starts a storm of discussion on the subject.
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Tsar Alexander II issues his proclamation ending serfdom.
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Prominent scientists begin to accept the work, though some still question it.
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Approximating a tree's age by the amount of their rings begins.
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Museum of Natural History opens in the US, displaying fossils and making evolutionary studies a popular subject.
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The Meiji government sends out diplomats to the West, hoping to find out more about the innovations and banking and agricultural techniques.
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Darwin publishes his second book, giving a continuation to his theories and linking them to the evolution of mankind.
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South Africa becomes the largest diamond producer in the world.
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The discovery of horse fossils links them back to a common ancestor with 4 toes.
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Interested in world peace, Bismarck forms defensive alliance Germany with Austria-Hungary.
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Theories of competition to survive in a social setting are surfacing in Europe, eventually inspiring individuals like Hitler.
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Karl Marx dies, John Maynard Keynes and Benito Mussolini are born.
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Antoine H. Becquerel uses radioactivity found in the Earth to approximate our planet's age.
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The first underground railway system is established in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Another fossil skull is found that starts debate on the "missing link" between man and primate. The skull is later found to be fake.
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World War 1 begins
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Famous case tried in the Supreme Court arguing whether or not evolution should be taught in schools in the US.
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The Kuomintang wages war on Chiang Kai-Shek.
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The Scopes Trial is parodied and poked fun at, misleading the public.
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany, and promises to bring his country to glory and victory against the failures of the first world war.
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Innovative ideas have been placed on Darwin's theories, with genetics leading the way in understanding how organisms became the way they are.
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Allied Forces enter France, taking control of the control of the country and establishing a 2-front war against the Axis.
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The overuse of this pesticide has produced DDT-resistant bug species, that foreshadow antibiotic-resistant superbugs we see today.
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Japan surrenders after Fat Man and Little Boy bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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DNA double-helix structure has been discovered, allowing for understanding of how genomes work.
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John F. Kennedy manages to stop the Cold War from escalating, and turning back the ships carrying missiles to Cuba before another war could erupt.
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DNA between man and primates, namely apes, have been found to have extremely similar correlations between them.
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The floppy disk in the computer is introduced, allowing for new storage technology to hit the markets
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A 4-million-year-old skeletal remains of the oldest common ancestor of humans documented is found, named Lucy after the Beatles' song.
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The terracotta army found in Xi-An, China, bears witness to the dedication of the Chinese towards their emperor.
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A new branch of science is formed that studies evolution's effects on human behavior.
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First Apple computer is founded.
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DNA sequencing technology greatly advances, making gene documentation easier and inexpensive compared to before.
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The Twin Towers are bombed, and a devastated nation begins its fight with radical terrorism.
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1st draft of the human genome is documented, giving scientists insight on how we correspond with the many other diverse species on Earth.
