Vern Patrick Elementary School

November 2003

TIMELINE OF
EINSTEIN'S LIFE

· Albert was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14 1879.
· His sister Maja was born two years later in 1881.
· He renounces his German citizenship in 1896 and becomes a Swiss citizen in 1901.
· Einstein marries Mileva Maric in 1903, they have two sons and a daughter
· In 1903 Einstein becomes associate professor of the University of Zurich
· In 1916 Publishes book on the theory of relativity E=mc2
· Divorces his first wife in 1919 and marries his cousin, Elsa Einstein
· In 1922, he is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in physics
· In 1933 the Nazis came to power and Einstein moves to America
· His second wife, Elsa, dies in 1936
· Einstein became a United States citizen in 1940.
· Offered the presidency of Israel and said, "No."

  • Albert Einstein dies on April 18, 1955 at age 76.