Einstein Timeline

1879

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, to Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch.

1884

He had private lessons and was given a compass by his father.

1891

Developed a thirst for scientific knowledge with help from medical student Max Talmud.

1892

Didn’t attend his Bar Mitzvah.

1894

His parents moved to Milan, Italy, for work, but he remained in Germany for a further year.

1895

He failed the entry exam for the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.

1896

Renounced German citizenship.

1900

Having attended ETH, he graduated with a diploma as a mathematics teacher.

1901

Einstein became a Swiss citizen, but struggled to find work.

1902

Einstein was employed at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern.

1905

Einstein published groundbreaking papers, including his theory of special relativity, equivalence of mass and energy, Brownian motion of particles and atomic theory.

1909

He became an associate professor at ETH, teaching theoretical physics.

1911

Predicted the bending of starlight at eclipses and became the youngest physicist to attend the world’s first Solvay Conference in Brussels.