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Galileo Galilei introduced his Galilean relativity which states that the fundamental laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames. -
English physicist Sir Isaac Newton published 'Newton's Laws of Motion'. Newton himself was not aware at the time that his laws were correct only for low speed moving objects.
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James Clerk Maxwell equations paved the way for Einstein's special theory of relativity.
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Albert Einstein was born in Germany into a Jewish family in 1879. -
At age 12 Einstein was very religious, however this began to be contradicted by his interest in science.
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At age 15, Einstein dropped out of high school and was self-taught for most of the remainder of his schooling life.
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Einstein conducted a thought experiment at the age of 16 that later helped scientists to predict his IQ of 160.
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Einstein married his first wife Mileva Maric who he later had 3 children with, Hans Albert Einstein, Lieserl Eintein, and Eduard Einstein.
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Einstein found contradiction between James Maxwell's theory of light and one of Newton's Laws.
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Published his famous equation 'E=mc 2' in his 'Miracle Year'.
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Einstein published yet another famous paper, his Theory of Special Relativity.
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First World War - Germany/Austria vs Britain/France/Russia -
Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity 10 years after his first theory (The Theory of Special Relativity).
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End of First World War (25m killed) - Versailles Conference
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Spanish influenza pandemic (50 to 100 million killed worldwide)
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Einstein was closely investigated by the FBI under suspicions he was a Soviet Spy.
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Einstein moved to the US when Hitler rose to power.
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Adolph Hitler comes to power.
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Einstein married his second wife Elsa Einstein.
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Second World War begins.
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Germany surrenders - end of Second World War (45m killed)
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American physicist Howard Percy Robertson invented a test that would prove The Special Theory of Relativity.
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Einstein died in America in 1955
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In April, after his death, Einstein's brain was stolen.