Darwin: The Voyage of the Beagle (In Our Time)
1831 · Resource
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, Melvyn Bragg presents a series about Darwin's life and work. This episode follows Darwin's voyage aboard the Beagle from December 1831, and how his work on the voyage influenced and provided evidence for his theories.
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1831
- Greek War of Independence (1821)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
- Opium Wars (1839)
- Victorian era (1837)
- Reign of Victoria (1837)
- Abolition of slavery in British Empire (1833)
- Stockton and Darlington Railway opens (1825)
- Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1831)
- Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials (1829)