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1879 - Born March 14 in Ulm, Germany to Hermann and Pauline Einstein. Hermann worked as a featherbed salesman.
1889 - Although enrolled at an academic school, Albert does most of his studies at home pursuing science, mathematics, and philosophy.
1894 - The Einsteins move from Munich to Pavia, Italy.
1896 - Enrolls at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), a Federal Polytechnic in Zurich.
1898 - Falls in love with Mileva Maric, a fellow classmate at ETH.
1900 - Graduates from ETH.
1902 - Mileva gives birth to Alberts daughter Lieserl who is put up for adoption. Lieserl becomes ill and all records of her disappear. Hermann Einstein falls ill and dies.
1903 - Albert and Mileva marry.
1904 - Mileva gives birth to son Hans Albert.
1905 - Annus Mirabilis
1907 - Albert starts applying gravity to his Special Theory of Relativity.
1910 - Son Eduord is born.
1911 - The Einsteins move from Bern to Prague. Albert is given a position as professor at the German University.
1912: The Einsteins move to Zurich and Albert is given a position as a professor of Theoretical Physics at the ETH.
1914: Einstein becomes director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, also professor at the University of Berlin. Divorce proceedings between Mileva and Einstein begin. World War I begins.
1915: Einstein completes the General Theory of Relativity.
1919: Albert marries cousin, Elsa. On May 29, a solar eclipse proves Einstein's General Theory of Relativity works.
1922: Albert receives the Nobel Prize Award in physics for 1921.
1933: Albert and Elsa sail to the U.S. where they settle in Princeton, New Jersey. Albert takes a job at the Institute for Advanced Study.
1936: Elsa falls ill and dies.
1939: World War II begins. Einstein writes letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging nuclear research. He believes Germany is already trying to build an atomic bomb.
1940: Becomes an American Citizen.
1949: Mileva dies.
1955: April 18th, Einstein dies in his sleep in Princeton, New Jersey.