#OTD in 1858.
Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin
Books by Charles Darwin at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/485