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Born
Born in Ulm, Germany -
Switzerland
He went to study in Switzerland. -
Renounced citizenship
He renounced his German citizenship when he was only 16 years old -
E=mc2
Best known for his mass/energy equivalence formula -
General Theory of Relativity
Allowed the world to have a better understanding of the interaction of space, time and gravity. -
Nobel Prize
After returning to Germany, he won the Noble Prize for physics. -
USA
Emigrated to the US and began working in Princeton, New Jersey -
F.D.R
He wrote a letter to president Franklin D. Roosevelt urging him consider creating an atomic bomb. -
Naturalized
He became a US citizen -
Died
Albert Einstein dies at age 76 in Princeton, New Jersey