1 8 2 C H R O N O L O G Y , 1 9 0 1 – 1 9 0 3
Oct 14 Registers his departure from Winterthur for Schaffhausen.
early Nov Visits Maric;, who is in Stein am Rhein.
Nov 23 Submits doctoral dissertation to the University of Zurich.
Dec 18 Applies for a position at the Swiss Patent Office
(Eidgenössisches Amt für geistiges Eigentum) in Bern.
ca. Dec 25 Spends the Christmas holiday with Maja in Mettmenstetten.
1902
ca. Jan Einstein and Maric;’s daughter “Lieserl” is born
Feb 1 His dissertation fees are refunded by the University of Zur-
ich, probably because he withdrew his dissertation.
Feb 11 Registers at Gerechtigkeitsgasse 32 in Bern, where he
rooms in the house of Anna Sievers.
Apr 30 “On the Thermodynamic Theory of the Difference in
Potentials between Metals and Fully Dissociated Solutions
of Their Salts and on an Electrical Method for Investigating
Molecular Forces” (Vol. 2, Doc. 2).
Jun 7 Registers at Thunstr. 43a, where he rooms in the house of
the Dosch family.
Jun 16 Appointed Technical Expert third class at the Swiss Patent
Office in Bern by the Swiss Federal Council on a trial basis
(annual salary of 3,500 francs).
Jun 23 Begins work at Swiss Patent Office.
Jun 26 “Kinetic Theory of Thermal Equilibrium and the Second
Law of Thermodynamics” (Vol. 2, Doc. 3).
Aug 14 Registers at Archivstr. 8, Bern, where he takes a room in the
house of Bertha Hausmann-Louis.
Oct 10 Einstein’s father Hermann Einstein dies in Milan.
1903
Jan 6 Marries Mileva Maric; in Bern.
Jan 10 Registers residence at Tillierstr. 18, Bern.
Jan 26 “A Theory of the Foundations of Thermodynamics” (Vol. 2,
Doc. 4).
Easter Starts an informal study group, the “Olympia Academy,”
with Maurice Solovine, which Conrad Habicht joins shortly
thereafter.