Charles Darwin
Sailed round the world on the Beagle and in 1859 published On the Origin of Species, setting out evolution by natural selection.
| Lived | 1809 – 1882 |
| Known as | Naturalist |
| Birthplace or main place | Shrewsbury |
| Places on the map | London |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1800) | At death (map of 1880) |
|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury | United Kingdom | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| London | United Kingdom | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Events in his lifetime
| Year | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | The Great Exhibition opens in the Crystal Palace | London |
Battles and sites of the time
- Battle of Leipzig · 1813
- Battle of Waterloo · 1815
- Battle of Sedan · 1870
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1802 – 1885 | Victor Hugo | Writer |
| 1807 – 1882 | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Leader of Italian unification |
| 1815 – 1898 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of Germany |
| 1818 – 1883 | Karl Marx | Philosopher and economist |
| 1806 – 1872 | Benito Juárez | President of Mexico |
| 1819 – 1901 | Queen Victoria | Queen of the United Kingdom |
| 1821 – 1881 | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Writer |
| 1825 – 1891 | Pedro II of Brazil | Emperor of Brazil |
| 1809 – 1865 | Abraham Lincoln | Sixteenth president of the United States |
| 1828 – 1910 | Leo Tolstoy | Writer |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.