Albert Einstein Events

1879 Mar 14 Albert Einstein is born
Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He was the first child born to Hermann and Pauline Einstein. Though he attended school as a young boy, he also received instruction at ho...
1900 Albert Einstein graduates from Federal Polytechnic in Zurich
Einstein applied directly to the Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule (later Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH)) in Zürich, Switzerland. Lacking the requisite Matura certificate, ...
1901 Feb 21 Albert Einstein aquires Swiss citizenship
The Einsteins sent Albert to Aarau, in northern Switzerland to finish secondary school.[6] While lodging with the family of Professor Jost Winteler, he fell in love with the family’s daug...
1902 Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric have daughter Lieserl
In early 1902, Einstein and Mileva Marić had a daughter they called Lieserl in their correspondence, who was born in Novi Sad where the parents of Mileva lived.[22] Her full name is not k...
1903 Jan 6 Albert Einstein marries Mileva Maric
Einstein and Marić married in January 1903, and in May 1904 the couple’s first son, Hans Albert Einstein, was born in Bern, Switzerland. Their second son, Eduard, was born in Zurich in Ju...
1905 Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity is born and formulates famous equation E=mc^2
His 1905 paper on the electrodynamics of moving bodies introduced his theory of special relativity, which showed that the observed independence of the speed of light on the observer’s sta...
1907 Albert Einstein begins to apply laws of gravity to Theory of Relativity
In 1907, while still working at the patent office, Einstein had what he would call his "happiest thought". He realized that the principle of relativity could be extended to gravitational ...
1913 Albert Einstein works on new Theory of Gravity
By 1912 Einstein was hot on the heels of a new theory of gravity that would incorporate his strong equivalence principle. By calling on this principle, he realized, he could avoid dealing...
1915 Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is published
On the recommendation of Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita, Einstein began exploring the usefulness of general covariance (essentially the use of tensors) for his gravitational the...
1917 Albert Einstein publishes first paper on cosmology
In 1917, Einstein applied the General theory of relativity to model the structure of the universe as a whole. He wanted the universe to be eternal and unchanging, but this type of univers...
1919 Feb 14 Albert Einstein divorces Mileva Maric
Einstein and Marić married in January 1903, and in May 1904 the couple’s first son, Hans Albert Einstein, was born in Bern, Switzerland. Their second son, Eduard, was born in Zurich in Ju...
1919 Jun 2 Albert Einstein marries Elsa Lowenthal
Einstein married Elsa Löwenthal (née Einstein) on 2 June 1919, after having had a relationship with her since 1912. She was his first cousin maternally and his second cousin paternally. I...
1921 Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
In 1922, Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics,[97] "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". This...
1955 Apr 18 Albert Einstein dies
On 17 April 1955, Albert Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which had previously been reinforced surgically by Dr. Rudolph Nisse...
1999 Dec 31 Albert Einstein named Person of the Century by Time
Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century is a compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, published in Time magazine in 1999. The idea for such a list starte...