Down House (Home of Charles Darwin)

1842
Charles Darwin moves to Down House
1846
Charles Darwin studies barnacles
Apr 1856
Darwin begins work on The Origin of Species
18 Jun 1858
Charles Darwin receives letter from Alfred Russel Wallace
1859
Publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
1873
John Fiske visits Darwin at Down House, calls him the "loveliest old grandpa"
19 Apr 1882
Death of Charles Darwin