Time Line of Einstein's Life

1879

Einstein born in Ulm, Germany

1894

Moves to Pavia Italy

1896

Graduates from High School and enrolls in technical school at Zurich

1900

Graduates from Technical school

1901

Becomes Swiss citizen.

1902

First child born and put up for adoption. Takes job at Swiss patent office

1903

Marries Mileva Maric

1904

First son, Hans Albert, born

1905

Formulates e=mc2

1910

Son Eduard born

1911

Moves to Prague and given proffessorship at German University there

1912

Becomes proffessor at technical school in Zurich

1914

Becomes proffesor at the University of Berlin.  Divorces Mileva.

1915

Completes General Theory of Relativity

1919

Marries his cousin Elsa

1922

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

1928

Begins pursuing the unified field theory

1933

Moves to Princeton, New Jersey after leaving Nazi Germany.  Takes a post at the Institute for advanced study.

1936

Elsa dies

1939

Writes letter to FDR about the possibility of Nuclear weapons

1940

Becomes American citizen

April 16, 1955

Einstein dies of heart failure