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Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom.
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Darwin attends Shrewsbury School.
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Darwin is pulled out of Shewsbury School by his father.
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Enrolls in the University of Edinburgh with his brother, Erasmus, to become a doctor. He finds it dull, however, and neglects his studies.
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After being fed up with his studies he leaves the University of Edinburgh, choosing to instead tour Belfast and Dublin.
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Darwin's father forces him to attend Christ's College, Cambridge to earn his ordinary degree and become a Anglican parson.
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Darwin is invited on a two year voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle by Captain Robert FitzRoy.
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The HMS Beagle leaves Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.
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Big trip on a boat.
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The HMS Beagle lands in the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin observed finches. This began his exploration into his theory of evolution by natural selection.
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The HMS Beagle ends its voyage around the world at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The trip lasted three years longer than expected.
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Darwin begins writing on the "transmutation" of species in his famous Notebook 'B'.
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Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
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Darwin publishes his second book on evolution: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.
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Charles Darwin dies of heart disease at his home in Downe, Kent, United Kingdom.
