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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is born to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed
salesman) and his wife Pauline in Ulm, Germany -
Albert Einstein
Around this time, Albert receives his first compass,
beginning his quest to investigate the natural world. -
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At age 10, Albert sets into a program of self education and
reads as much about science as he can. -
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The Einsteins move from Munich to Pavia, Italy and
Albert, 15, stays on in Munich to finish the school year. Albert
lasts only a term on his own and follows his family to Pavia. -
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Albert attempts to skip high school by taking an entrance
exam to the Swiss Polytechnic, a top technical university, but he
fails the arts portion. His family sends him to the Swiss town of
Aura to finish high school. -
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Albert graduates from high school at the age of 17 and
enrolls at the ETH (the Federal Polytechnic) in Zurich. -
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Albert falls in love with Mileva Maric, a Hungarian
classmate at the ETH. -
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Albert graduates from the ETH. -
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Albert becomes a Swiss citizen. Unemployed, he searches
for work. He and Mileva meet in northern Italy for a tryst.
Mileva becomes pregnant. In the fall, Albert finds work in
Schaffhausen, Switzerland as a tutor. Mileva, visibly pregnant,
moves to Stein Am Rhein, three miles upriver. Mileva then moves
to Hungary to give birth to their baby at her parent's home.
Albert moves to Bern. -
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In January, Mileva gives birth to their daughter, Lieserl,
whom they eventually put up for adoption. She reportedly
becomes ill and then all record of her disappears. Albert takes a
job at the Swiss Patent Office. Hermann Einstein becomes ill and
dies. -
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Albert and Mileva marry in January -
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Mileva gives birth to their first son, Hans Albert. -
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"Annus Mirabilis" -- Einstein's "Miracle Year": his Special
Theory of Relativity is born. June 30th, Einstein, submits his
paper, "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" to the leading
German physics journal. At age 26, he applies his theory to mass
and energy and formulates the equation e=mc2. -
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Still living in Bern, Einstein continues as an Examiner at
the Swiss Patent Office. -
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Einstein begins applying the laws of gravity to his Special
Theory of Relativity. -
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Son Edward is born -
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The Einsteins move to Prague where Albert is given a full
professorship at the German University there. Albert is the
youngest to attend the invitation-only Solvay Conference in
Brussels, the first world physics conference. -
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The Einsteins move to Zurich where Albert is given a
position as a professor of Theoretical Physics at the ETH. -
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Einstein works on his new Theory of Gravity. -
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: Einstein becomes director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
in Berlin and professor of theoretical physics at the University of
Berlin. The family moves there in April, but Mileva and the sons
return to Zurich after 3 months. The divorce prodeedings begin.
In August, World War I begins. -
Einsteins Death