Albert Einstein's Life
1879
Born on 14 March in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Father: Hermann Einstein, Mother: Pauline Koch
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1880
Moves with his family to Munich
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1885-88
Attends a Catholic Elementary school
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1889-94
Student at the Luitpold Gymnasium (now the Albert Einstein Gymnasium)
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1894
His family moves to Milan. Einstein leaves the Institute
without completing his studies and goes to Pavia, where he lives
with his family
His family moved first due to money issues, but he followed also because he resented the school's regimen and teaching methods.
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1895-96
He attends the cantonal school of Aarau, Switzerland.
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January 1896
He renounces his citizenship in the German Kingdom of Württemberg to avoid military service.
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1901
Admitted to the Polytechnic School in Zurich, where he completes his studies in 1900. he failed the entrance exam in the general part, but was exceptional in Physics and Math.
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1901
Obtains Swiss nationality
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1902
Employed at the Swiss patent office in Berne.
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1903
Marries Mileva Maric
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1904
His son Hans Albert is born.
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1905
Receives a PhD from the University of Zurich.
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1909
Leaves his job in the patent office. Obtains a post as associate lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich.
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1910
his son Eduard is born.
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19011-12
Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Prague
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1912-14
Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the Federal Technological Institute of Zurich
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1914
Lecturer at the University of Berlin and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Mileva and the children stay in Zurich
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1915
Begins publications on the general theory of relativity
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1917
Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics in Berlin
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1917-19
Einstein's health deteriorates. He is looked after by his cousin, Elsa Loewenthal
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1919
Divorces Mileva and marries Elsa. Solar eclipse confirms Einstein's predictions on the deflection of light rays. Remarkable jump to world fame
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1921
Visits US for first time with Chaim Weizmann
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1922
Awarded 1921 Nobel prize for Physics.Publishes his first work on the unified field theory. Becomes member of the League of Nations' Committee on Intellectual Co-operation. Begins a tour of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America and the United States/p>
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1927
First debates with Niels Bohr on quantum mechanics.
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1928
Diagnosed with a heart condition.
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1933
Einstein and his family flee to Princeton, USA, after Anti-Semitism intensifies.
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1936
Elsa dies.
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1939
Outbreak of World War II. Einstein signs letter to President Roosevelt warning of the threat to the world of Germany's manufacturing an atom bomb.
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1940
Takes American citizenship.
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1944
Re-writes the 1905 manuscript on the special theory of relativity which is auctioned for six million dollars to aid the allied cause
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1946
Chairs the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. Continues his campaign against re-armament and in favour of a world government.
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1952
Offered and declines the presidency of the state of Israel
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1955
With Bertrand Russell, draws up a manifesto against the nuclear threat. On 18 April, Einstein dies at Princeton hospital as the result of a burst aortic aneurysm in the abdominal aorta. He was cremated and his ashes scattered into the Delaware River
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