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Charles Darwin is Born
Charles Darwin is born in Shrewsbury, England -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Dies
Jean dies at the age of 85 and was the first advocate of the idea that an organism's traits could be acquired and then passed to their offspring -
Darwin graduates from college with a B.A degree
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Darwin is employed on the HMS beagle
Darwin was employed as the ship's naturalist -
Darwin and the HMS Beagle reaches the Galapagos islands
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Darwin receives a monograph from Alfred Russel Wallace
This monograph summarized Darwin's theories of evolution that resulted in Darwin publishing his work earlier than he planned. -
Darwin Begins Writing his Influential Book, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
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Darwin's book was first published
Darwin's Book was published. All 1,250 copies of the book were sold out on the first day. -
Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce engage in debate
The debate was famous and focussed on the ideas and Charles Darwin's theory of evolution -
Darwin publishes a book about his grandfather
Darwin's book was named The Life of Erasmus Darwin. -
Darwin publishes a book about his grandfather
Darwin published a book talking about his grandfather, the name of the book is The Life of Erasmus Darwin. -
Charles Darwin Dies
Charles Darwin dies at the age of 73 and is buried in Westminster Abbey -
Charles Darwin Dies
Darwin Dies at the age of 73, he is buried in Westminster Abbey -
Ernst Haeckel Dies
Haeckel was an important zoologist whose work and theories sadly led to the inspiration of some of the racist theories of the Nazis -
Tennessee governor bans the teaching of evolution
Later that year John Scopes violated the law and led to the Scopes Monkey Trial -
Tennessee governor bans the teaching of evolution
Later that year, John Scopes broke that law that led to the Scopes Monkey Trial -
Epperson v. Arkansas
The Supreme court ruling that Arkansas decision to outlaw the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional because the motivation was based on the reading of Genesis, not science. -
Webster v. New Lenox
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled school boards have the right to prohibit creationism because lessons would go against religion.