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Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

22 dated entries naming Charles Darwin, drawn from 12 separate years between 1731 CE and 1882 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1731December 12 – Erasmus Darwin, English scientist and grandfather of Charles Darwin (died 1802)source

19th century

  • 1809February 12 – Charles Darwin, British naturalist (died 1882)source
  • 1820May 11 – HMS Beagle, the ship that will later take young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage to examine the "origin of the species", is launched at Woolwich Dockyard.source
  • 182011 May – Launch of HMS Beagle, the ship that will take the young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage, at Woolwich Dockyard.source
  • 18315 August – Charles Darwin travels from Shrewsbury to Llangollen with his tutor, Rev Adam Sedgwick, to carry out geological studies. They remain in Wales for more than two weeks.source
  • 1831December 27 – Charles Darwin embarks from Plymouth on the second voyage of HMS Beagle which will be the foundation for his life of scientific study.source
  • 183127 December – Charles Darwin embarks on his historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle from Plymouth.source
  • 1832February 28 – Charles Darwin and the crew of HMS Beagle arrive at South America for the first time.source
  • 1835January 7 – HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as a scientist.source
  • 1835September 7 – Charles Darwin arrives at the Galápagos Islands, aboard HMS Beagle.source
  • 18357 September – Charles Darwin arrives at the Galapagos Islands aboard HMS Beagle.source
  • 1835December – Charles Darwin witnesses a game of cricket at the Bay of Islands.source
  • 183519 December – HMS Beagle, captained by Robert FitzRoy and carrying Charles Darwin, arrives in New Zealand.source
  • 1836January 12 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, reaches Sydney.source
  • 183614 March – HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, leaves Australia.source
  • 1836October 2 – Charles Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle, with biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution, having left South America on August 17.source
  • 1844Robert Chambers' anonymous Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, which paves the way for acceptance of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, is published in Britain.source
  • 1851April 23 – Anne Darwin, daughter of Charles Darwin dies, sending him into a great depression.source
  • 1858July 1 – A joint presentation of papers by Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, announcing a theory of evolution by natural selection, are read at London's Linnean Society.source
  • 18581 July – Papers by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace announcing a theory of evolution by natural selection read at the Linnean Society of London.source
  • 1859November 24 – English naturalist Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, a book which argues for the gradual evolution of species through natural selection (it immediately sells out its initial print run).source
  • 1882April 19 – Charles Darwin, British naturalist (born 1809)source

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