| Years |
Age |
Events |
| 1879 |
0 (born) |
Born in Ulm, Germany |
| 1880 |
1 |
Family moves to Munich |
| 1885 |
6 |
Starts school in Munich |
| 1889 |
10 |
Father’s business fails, moves to Italy |
| 1895 |
16 |
Renounces German citizenship, moves to Switzerland, fails ETH entrance exam |
| 1896 |
17 |
Passes ETH entrance exam, begins studies |
| 1900 |
21 |
Graduates from ETH with teaching diploma |
| 1901 |
22 |
Becomes Swiss citizen |
| 1902 |
23 |
Birth of daughter Lieserl |
| 1902 |
23 |
Starts working at Swiss Patent Office |
| 1903 |
24 |
Marries Mileva Maric |
| 1904 |
25 |
Birth of son Hans Albert |
| 1905 |
26 |
Publishes Annus Mirabilis papers, completes PhD |
| 1907 |
28 |
Birth of son Eduard |
| 1909 |
30 |
Appointed associate professor at University of Bern |
| 1910 |
31 |
Moves to University of Zurich |
| 1911 |
32 |
Moves to Charles University in Prague |
| 1912 |
33 |
Returns to ETH in Zurich |
| 1914 |
35 |
Moves to Berlin with his family |
| 1915 |
36 |
Completes general theory of relativity |
| 1916 |
37 |
Publishes general theory of relativity |
| 1917 |
38 |
Works on cosmology, appointed professor at University of Berlin |
| 1918 |
39 |
Separates from Mileva Maric |
| 1919 |
40 |
Solar eclipse confirms general relativity, becomes famous; Divorces Mileva Maric, marries Elsa Einstein |
| 1921 |
42 |
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 1922 |
43 |
Travels to the Far East and United States |
| 1930 |
51 |
Son Eduard institutionalized |
| 1933 |
54 |
Leaves Germany, moves to United States |
| 1936 |
57 |
Death of Elsa Einstein |
| 1939 |
60 |
Writes letter to FDR about atomic bomb |
| 1940 |
61 |
Becomes a US citizen |
| 1955 |
76 (died) |
Dies in Princeton, New Jersey |
