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Jean Baptiste Lamarck is born
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Industrial Revalution
This was a time period defined by a change from hand-made products to industrial-made products in factories -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck joined the army
He fought in the Pomeranian War with Prussia -
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The American Revolution
This was when the American colonies fought to become the sovereign United States Of America -
Thomas Robert Malthus was born
He was born near Guildford -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was elected to the Academy of sciences
With the support of Buffon, he entered the Academy of sciences -
Thomas Robert Malthus entered Cambrige University
He would receive his masters in this program -
Charles Lyell was born
He was born in Angus Scotland -
Thomas Robert Malthus published his essay on the Principle of Population
This later on helped Darwin develop his theory of evolution and established him as one of the earliest evolutionists. this describes the characteristics and ways a population can change by stabalize and growing and how to forecast it -
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The Napoleonic Wars
This was the war when Napoleon tried to take over Europe with the French army after the revolution to liberate Europe from monarchy -
Thomas Robert Malthus became a professor
In 1805 Thomas Robert Malthus became a professor of history and politics at the East India Company's college in Haileybury, Hertfordshire -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published his book Philosophie zoologique talking about evalution
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published his book Philosophie Zoologique which talked about his theory of evolution this cemented him as one of the earliest evolutionists. His book proposed that traits could be inherited an that body parts that were used more became bigger. -
Charles Darwin was born
he was born in Shrewsbury, England -
Jean Baptiste Lamarck publishes a second volume of books about biology
He published his second volume of Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres at this time -
Alfred Russel Wallace was born
He was born in Monmouthshire, Whales -
Charles Darwin enters Edinburgh University
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Charles Darwin enters Cambrige University
He went to study Priesthood, earning a Bachelor of arts degree at Cambridge University -
Jean Baptiste Lamarck died
His remains were dug up and are the whereabouts are unknown -
Charles Lyell publishes his theory Of Uniformitarianism
He published his Theory Of Uniformitarianism in 1830 which later helped Charles Darwin form his theory of evolution. "The theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes." -Oxford This meant that the fossils that Darwin found were from multiple thousands of years ago and were of different ages so this made it so darwin could look at the changes over time. -
Charles Darwin get invited to go on the beagle voyage
This is where he discovered a lot of the proof he later used to make his theory of evolution -
Darwin departs on his voyage
He departs with Robert FitzRoy as captain -
Thomas Robert Malthus died
He died of cardiovascular disease -
Charles Darwin reaches the galapogos islands
This is where he discovered that the birds and reptiles on each island were slightly different due to the geographical isolation from each other -
Charles Darwin finishes his voyage
The journey was only supposed to last 2 years but lasted 5 instead. He came back with a change of opinion on how the world works believing in evolution -
Start of the Potato Famine
The Irish potato famine that killed thousands of Irish people -
Alfred Russel Wallace moves to Brazil
He moved to study and collect natural history specimens to look into the origin of spices -
Japan opend its borders
This was when japan opened its borders to trade with other countries -
Alfred Russel Wallace has an idea about evalution
His statement was "new species arise by the progression and continued divergence of varieties that outlive the parent species in the struggle for existence." -
Alfred Russel Wallace sends his ideas to Charles Darwin
He finally sends his ideas to darwin which help him develop the theory of evolution -
Charles lyell gets awarded the Copley Medal
He received the award for "For his various researches and writings by which he has contributed to the advance of geology" -
Charels Darwin realeases his Theory of Evalution
After years of work and hesitation, he releases his theory of evolution which describes the tendency of nature to evolve to the environment with natural selection. This described how spices can evolve over time with gradualism due to selection pressures -
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The American Civl War
This war was fought over the freedom of slaves and if it should be legal -
Charles Darwin is Awarded The Copley Medal
He was awarded this for his outstanding work in geology, zoology and botany -
President Abraham Lincoln Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching a play by John Wilkes Booth -
Charles Lyell died
He died while revising the twelfth edition of Principles -
Charles Darwin died
He died from heart failure. He is buried in Westminster Abbey, City of Westminster, United Kingdom. -
third bubonic plague pandemic
This pandemic killed over 12 million people in mainly asia -
constuction of the Eiffel Tower began
This structure was built to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French revolution -
Alfred Russel Wallace died
His gravesite was changed to be near Charles Darwins grave -
fall of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman fell after the First World War ended -
Stephen Jay Gould was born
He was born in new york city -
Niles Eldredgewas born
He was born in New York City -
Stephen Jay Gould received his PHD from Columbia
He got his PhD in Paleontology -
Niles Eldredge received his PHD from Columbia University
He got his PhD in Invertebrate Paleontology -
Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge releases their idea of punctuated equilibrium
Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge released their findings on their theory of punctuated equilibrium, which challenged Darwin's theory of gradualism. They believed that punctuated equilibrium is when a big event happens and evaluation occurs very quickly to adapt -
Stephen Jay Gould is pemoted to profesor at harvard
He became a Professor Of Geology -
Stephen Jay Gould publishes Ontogeny and Phylogeny
this book solidified his ideas and talked more about gradualism -
Stephen Jay Gould died
He died of cancer that had spread from his lungs to his brain, liver and spleen. He died 10 weeks after they discovered it.