Albert

Albert Einstein

  • Date of birth

    Date of birth

    Ulm, Germany
  • Moves to Munich

    Moves to Munich

    The Einstein family moves to Munich
  • A compass.

    A compass.

    Einstein wins his first scientific instrument: a compass.
  • University

    University

    Einstein manages to enter the ETH in Zurich, a renowned University of the time. He was 17 years old.
  • Mileva Maric

    Mileva Maric

    Albert falls in love with Mileva Maric, a Hungarian classmate.
  • Swiss citizen and teacher.

    Swiss citizen and teacher.

    Einstein finishes college, becomes a Swiss citizen. Unemployed, looking for work. He gets a job in Schaffhasen, Sweden, as a teacher.
  • Hungary

    Hungary

    Mileva, a pregnant woman, moves to Hungary, where she gives birth to Bern, today Lieserl, which is given for adoption. Albert moves to Bern, where he gets a job at the Swiss Patent Office. Einstein's father dies.
  • First child

    First child

    Albert marries with Mileva Hans Albert is born, the couple's first child.
  • The first theory

    The first theory

    Einstein tries to apply the laws of gravity to his Special Theory of Relativity.
  • Eduard Einstein and the Physics Conference

    Eduard Einstein and the Physics Conference

    Another son is born: Eduard Einstein. The family moves to Prague, where Albert works as a full professor at German University. Einstein is the newest participant of the first world physics conference.
  • Divorce

    Divorce

    Einstein becomes the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin and is professor of theoretical physics at the University of Berlin. He and Mileva begin the divorce process.
  • Elsa

    Elsa

    Einstein gets very sick, almost dies. Her cousin, Elsa, helps him, as a nurse, until her cure. Albert publishes his first article in cosmology.
  • Theory of Relativity

    Theory of Relativity

    Albert marries Elsa. On May 29, an eclipse of the Sun proves that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity was correct.
  • Prize

    Prize

    Receives the Nobel Prize of Physics of 1921.
  • EUA

    EUA

    Albert and Elsa move to the United States in Princeton, New Jersey. He takes a position at the Institute for Advanced Study.
  • Elsa

    Elsa

    Elsa dies suddenly.
  • Letter

    Letter

    World War II begins: Einstein writes his famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning of the possibility of Germany building the nuclear bomb.
  • Einstein Die

    Einstein Die

    Albert Einstein, on April 16, dies of a heart attack.