Albert Einstein
Developed the special and general theories of relativity, taught in Prague and Berlin, and moved to the United States in 1933.
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1945) |
|---|---|---|
| Ulm | Bavaria | Germany (USA) |
| Berlin | Prussia | Germany (Soviet) |
| Prague | Austrian Empire | Czechoslovakia |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Events in his lifetime
| Year | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | The Red Army takes Berlin; the Third Reich falls | Berlin |
| 1948 | Berlin Blockade and Airlift | Berlin |
Battles and sites of the time
- Sarajevo · 1914
- Battle of Tannenberg · 1914
- Battle of Verdun · 1916
- Battle of the Somme · 1916
- Versailles · 1919
- Normandy Landings · 1944
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1874 – 1965 | Winston Churchill | British prime minister |
| 1878 – 1953 | Joseph Stalin | Soviet leader |
| 1869 – 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi | Leader of Indian independence |
| 1876 – 1948 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Founder of Pakistan |
| 1889 – 1964 | Jawaharlal Nehru | First prime minister of India |
| 1890 – 1970 | Charles de Gaulle | President of France |
| 1890 – 1969 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese revolutionary leader |
| 1892 – 1975 | Haile Selassie I | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1861 – 1941 | Rabindranath Tagore | Poet |
| 1856 – 1939 | Sigmund Freud | Founder of psychoanalysis |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.