Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Period: Jan 1, 1849 to Dec 31, 1955

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. As a child, Einstein revealed an extraordinary curiosity for understanding the mysteries of science. A typical child, Einstein took music lessons, playing both the violin and piano — a passion that followed him into adulthood.

Albert is born

Mar 14, 1879

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879.

Maria is born

Nov 18, 1881

Albert's sister, Maria, known as Maja, is born in Munich, Germany.

Family Business

May 22, 1894

Family business closes for the first time, and Albert's parents move to Pavia, Italy. Albert remains in Munich.

German citizenship

Jan 28, 1896

Albert ends his German citizenship and remains stateless for the next five years.

Albert Graduates

Jun 23, 1896

At seventeen, Albert graduates from high school in Aarau, Switzerland.

Graduates

Feb 23, 1900

Einstein graduates from the Federal Polytechnical School in Zurich, Switzerland. He is deeply involved with a felloe student, Mileva Maric.

A daughter, a father, a job

Jan 22, 1902

Albert and Mileva have a daughter, Lieserl, in January. Einstein also begins working at a patent office in Bern, Switzerland. Albert's father, Hermman, dies.

Marriage

Jan 6, 1903

Albert Einstein marries Mileva Meric.

Hans Albert Einstein

May 14, 1904

A son, Hans Albert Einstein, is born.

Papers

Apr 20, 1905

Einstein completes several groundbreaking papers relating to light, matter, motion, and energy.

University of Zurich

Jul 6, 1909

Einstein leaves the patent office in Bern to join the physics department at the University of Zurich.

Second Son

Jul 28, 1910

Mileva and Einstein's second son, Eduard, is born.

Solvay Conference

Apr 1, 1911

Einstein arrives in Prague to work at the German University. In October, he attends the first Solvay Conference in Belgium.

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Aug 13, 1912

Einstein returns to Zurich to work at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology).

Barlin, Germany

Apr 23, 1914

Einstein arrives in Germany to begin work in Berlin (at the University of Berlin and Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics).

Reletivity

Nov 20, 1915

Einstein publishes his general theory of reletivity.

A divorce, a marriage, and being famous

Feb 14, 1919

On Febuary 14, Mileva and Albert divorce. On June 2, he marries Elsa Lowenthal, his cousin. In November, the results from a solar eclipse confirm reletivity and Einstein becomes famous.

Nobel Prize of 1921

Nov 22, 1922

Einstein wins the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Leaving Germany

Dec 10, 1932

Albert and Elsa Einstein leave Germany for good.

Elsa Einstein

Dec 21, 1936

Elsa Einstein dies.

Germans

Aug 2, 1939

Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to U.S. President Roosevelt warning him that Germans may be pursuing the creation of an atom bomb.

U.S. Citizenship

Sep 29, 1940

Einstein receives U.S. citizenship.

Retire

Apr 20, 1945

Einstein retires from Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. In August, the U.S. drops two atomic bombs on Japan - one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki.

Presidency of Israel

Jun 23, 1952

Albert Einstein is offered the presidency of Israel, which he declines.

Einstein dies

Apr 18, 1955

At 1:15 a.m., at the age of seventy-six, Albert Einstein dies in Princeton Hospital of an abdominal aneursym.