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Albert Einstein was Born
Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. -
Einstein Sees a Compass
At the age of 5 Einstein become fascinated by his father's compass. -
Einstein Moves to Italy
Struggling finacially, the Einstein family mpves from Germany to Italy to find better work. -
Einstein Graduates From Highschool
Albert Einstein graduates from high school and begins attending the Swiss Polytechnic University in Zurich. -
College Graduation
Albert Einstein graduates from ETH with a degree in physics. He tries to find a teaching job, but is unable to obtain work. -
Einstein Gets a Job
Unable to find any work as a teacher or academic, Albert Einstein takes a job as a clerk at the Swiss Patent Office. -
Einstein's Daugter is Born
Milena Maric gives birth to Leiserl Einstein, Albert's first child. The unwed couple, unable to care for the girl and perhaps ashamed of her illegitimate status, put her up for adoption. -
Einstein Gets Married
Albert Einstein marries his longtime girlfriend, Milena Maric. -
Birth of Einstein's Son
A year after marrying Albert, his wife Milena gives birth to the Einsteins' first son, Hans Albert. -
Annus Mirabillis (Miracle Year)
Einstein publishes four great papers in the Swiss Patent Office. One of the papers is about the Special Theory of Relatvity and his the start of developing the General Theory of Relativity. -
Einstein's Second Son is Born
Albert Einstein's wife Milena gives birth to their second son, Eduard. -
Moves to Prague
The Einsteins move to Prague, where Albert assumes his first full professorship after many years working at the Swiss Patent Office or teaching in part-time positions in Switzerland. -
Moves Back to Zurich
After just a year in Prague, the Einsteins move back to Switzerland, to where Albert takes professorship at his alma mater, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. -
Einstein Becomes the Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Albert Einstein moves to from Zurich to Berlin to become the director of the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. His marriage to Milena begins to unravel, and his wife and children decide to stay behind in Zurich. They will never live together as a family again. -
General Theory of Relativity
After a lot of work Einstein finally completes his theory. -
Divorce and Remarriage
After several years of estrangement, Albert divorces his first wife Milena Maric and immediately remarries. Einstein's second wife, Elsa Lowenthal, is a cousin with whom he fell in love when she nursed him back to health following a serious illness in 1917. -
Einstein's Theory Proved!
A solar eclipse provides dramatic observable evidence that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is correct. Einstein suddenly becomes a worldwide celebrity. -
Nobel Prize
Albert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect, first published in 1905. -
Escape From Nazi Germany
Albert Einstein and his family, fearing anti-Semitic persecution, flee from Nazi Germany to resettle in the United States. -
Death of Elsa Einstein
Einstein's second wife dies of a sudden illness. -
Letter to President Roosevelt
Fearing that Nazi scientists might win the race to develop the world's first atomic bombs, Albert Einstein writes a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to launch an American program of nuclear research. -
US Citizenship
For the third time in his life, Albert Einstein changes his nationality, becoming a United States citizen while also retaining his Swiss citizenship. -
Albert Einstein Dies
Albert Einstein dies of heart failure at the age of 76.