Albert Einstein

a genius was born

Mar 14, 1879

·Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Germany, the first child of Hermann and Pauline Einstein.

The Einstein family moves to Munich, Germany.

Jun 21, 1880

The Einstein family moves to Milan

1894

The Einstein family moves to Milan, Italy, but Einstein remains in Munich to complete his education at the Gymnasium.

, Einstein is accepted to the trade department of the cantonal school in Aarau, Switzerland

Oct 26, 1895

After failing the entry exam for the Zurich Polytechnic, Einstein is accepted to the trade department of the cantonal school in Aarau, Switzerland. He lives with the family of Jost Winteler, a teacher in Aarau.

Einstein receives his first diploma

Jul 28, 1900

Einstein receives his diploma as a mathematics teacher and starts work on his doctoral thesis

Einstein and Mileva are married in Bern

Jan 6, 1903

Einstein and Mileva's first son

May 14, 1904

Hans Albert, Einstein and Mileva's first son, is born in Bern.

Einstein completes his paper on quantum theory

Mar 17, 1905

Einstein receives his doctorate

Jan 15, 1906

Einstein receives his doctorate from the University of Zurich.

Einstein had his second son called Eduard

Jul 28, 1910

Eduard, the Einsteins' second son, is born in Zurich

Einstein and Mileva obtain a divorce

Feb 14, 1919

Einstein marries his cousin Elsa

Jun 2, 1919

Einstein marries his cousin Elsa in Berlin.

Einstein wins the Nobel Prize

Nov 9, 1922

Einstein wins the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum theory.

Elsa Einstein dies

Dec 20, 1933

Elsa Einstein dies in Princeton.

Einstein dies

Apr 18, 1955

Einstein dies in New Jersey. His body is cremated and his papers turned over to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.