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2 0 8 C H R O N O L O G Y , 1 9 1 8
Jun 12 Signs divorce agreement.
Jun 14 Lectures on an edge phenomenon observed in X-ray images
indicating total reflection, and on the conservation of energy
in the general theory of relativity.
Jun 20 Lectures “Über eine von Levi-Civita und Weyl gefundene
Vereinfachung der Riemannschen Theorie der Krümmung
und über die hieran sich knüpfende Weylsche Theorie der
Gravitation und Elektrizität” to the PAW.
Jun 21 Publishes review of H. Weyl’s RaumZeitMaterie (Vol. 7,
Doc. 10).
Jun 29 Leaves for Ahrenshoop with Elsa Einstein and her daugh-
ters Margot and Ilse.
Jul 16 Writes an expert opinion for Anschütz & Co. (Vol. 7,
Doc. 11).
Aug 16–18 In reply to E. Meyer and H. Zangger’s proposal to explore
the possibility of a joint appointment at the University of
Zurich and at the ETH, Einstein declines, but offers to hold
guest lectures of 5–6 weeks’ duration twice a year.
Aug 24 Returns to Berlin from Ahrenshoop vacation.
Aug 31 Admission of adultery with his cousin Elsa is introduced as
cause for divorce in legal proceedings of November 1918.
Sep 30–Feb 1, 1919 Offers a course on relativity at the University of Berlin,
Thursdays, 2–4 P.M. First lecture recorded on October 11.
Oct 17 Communicates a paper by L. Lichtenstein, “Über einige
Eigenschaften der Gleichgewichtsfiguren rotirender homo-
gener Flüssigkeiten, deren Teilchen einander nach dem
Newtonschen Gesetz anziehen,” and Born, M. and Landé
1918 to the PAW.
before Oct 18 Nobel Committee for Physics invites Einstein to submit a
nomination for the 1919 Nobel Prize.
Oct 22 The Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zurich
approves E. Meyer’s suggestion for periodic lectures by
Einstein.
Nov 7 Is granted an annual cost of living allowance of 1,152 M,
due to the war, retroactive as of April 1918; 648 M retroac-
tively for the period July 1917 through March 1918; and
two one-time payments of 1,000 M each in September and
November 1918, by the Ministry of Education.

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2 0 8 C H R O N O L O G Y , 1 9 1 8
Jun 12 Signs divorce agreement.
Jun 14 Lectures on an edge phenomenon observed in X-ray images
indicating total reflection, and on the conservation of energy
in the general theory of relativity.
Jun 20 Lectures “Über eine von Levi-Civita und Weyl gefundene
Vereinfachung der Riemannschen Theorie der Krümmung
und über die hieran sich knüpfende Weylsche Theorie der
Gravitation und Elektrizität” to the PAW.
Jun 21 Publishes review of H. Weyl’s RaumZeitMaterie (Vol. 7,
Doc. 10).
Jun 29 Leaves for Ahrenshoop with Elsa Einstein and her daugh-
ters Margot and Ilse.
Jul 16 Writes an expert opinion for Anschütz & Co. (Vol. 7,
Doc. 11).
Aug 16–18 In reply to E. Meyer and H. Zangger’s proposal to explore
the possibility of a joint appointment at the University of
Zurich and at the ETH, Einstein declines, but offers to hold
guest lectures of 5–6 weeks’ duration twice a year.
Aug 24 Returns to Berlin from Ahrenshoop vacation.
Aug 31 Admission of adultery with his cousin Elsa is introduced as
cause for divorce in legal proceedings of November 1918.
Sep 30–Feb 1, 1919 Offers a course on relativity at the University of Berlin,
Thursdays, 2–4 P.M. First lecture recorded on October 11.
Oct 17 Communicates a paper by L. Lichtenstein, “Über einige
Eigenschaften der Gleichgewichtsfiguren rotirender homo-
gener Flüssigkeiten, deren Teilchen einander nach dem
Newtonschen Gesetz anziehen,” and Born, M. and Landé
1918 to the PAW.
before Oct 18 Nobel Committee for Physics invites Einstein to submit a
nomination for the 1919 Nobel Prize.
Oct 22 The Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zurich
approves E. Meyer’s suggestion for periodic lectures by
Einstein.
Nov 7 Is granted an annual cost of living allowance of 1,152 M,
due to the war, retroactive as of April 1918; 648 M retroac-
tively for the period July 1917 through March 1918; and
two one-time payments of 1,000 M each in September and
November 1918, by the Ministry of Education.

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C H R O N O L O G Y , 1 9 1 8 2 0 7
Mar 6 “On the Foundations of the Theory of General Relativity”
(Vol. 7, Doc. 4).
Mar 7 On behalf of the ailing Einstein, M. Planck submits “Criti-
cal Remarks on a Solution of the Gravitational Equations
Presented by De Sitter” (Vol. 7, Doc. 5) to the PAW.
Mar 17 The philosophical faculty of the University of Göttingen
awards him the biannual Vahlbruch Prize in the amount of
11,000 M, given to German-speaking authors of significant
papers in the natural sciences.
Mar 21 “Can Refractive Indexes of Bodies Be Experimentally
Established for X-Rays?” (Vol. 7, Doc. 6).
Mar 31 The Peter Wilhelm Müller Foundation awards him and
D. Hilbert an honorary prize for achievements in the mathe-
matical sciences.
Apr 4 For the first time since December 1917, attends a meeting of
the PAW.
Apr 11 Communicates Weyl 1918b to the PAW, explaining that it
contains an interesting hypothesis which is nevertheless
unfruitful for physics.
Apr 18 Asks the plenary session of the PAW whether he should
present a manuscript, Weyl 1918b, which is physically
untenable. W. Nernst requests that Einstein add his objec-
tions to the manuscript. The PAW suggests postponement
until Einstein has communicated further with the author.
Apr 26 Chairs the DPG session in celebration of M. Planck’s 60th
birthday. Delivers his talk “Planck als wissenschaftliche
Persönlichkeit,” published as “Motives of Research” (Vol. 7,
Doc. 7).
before Apr 27 At the prompting of G. Nicolai, suggests to Hilbert and oth-
ers a collective appeal, to be individually composed and
addressed to neutral countries as a token of the international
spirit of Germany’s intellectuals.
May 2 Communicates Weyl 1918b and his own “Supplement”
(Vol. 7, Doc. 8) to the PAW.
May 10 Elected member of the advisory committee of the DPG.
May 16 Submits “The Energy Theorem in the General Theory of
Relativity” and “Supplement to the Correction” (Vol. 7,
Doc. 9) to the PAW.

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C H R O N O L O G Y , 1 9 1 8 – 1 9 1 9 2 0 9
Nov 9 Abdication of the German emperor.
Einstein makes a speech to the Students’ Council in the
Reichstag, and has brief audience with F. Ebert, head of the
first republican government.
Nov 13 Addresses the Bund “Neues Vaterland”: draft statement
published as Vol. 7, Doc. 13.
Nov 16 Signs an appeal to join the Demokratische Partei.
His name is affixed to a call for the founding of the
Demokratischer Volksbund. In the Berliner Tageblatt,
declares that he has no intention of joining the organization,
and that he is not a member of the Demokratische Partei.
Nov 20 First hearing before the Zurich district court in the divorce
proceedings filed by Mileva Einstein-Maric;. Einstein does
not appear. His interrogation before a Berlin court has been
postponed.
Nov 29 “Dialogue on Objections to the Theory of Relativity”
(Vol. 7, Doc. 14).
“Comment on E. Gehrcke’s Note ‘On the Ether’” (Vol. 7,
Doc. 15).
Dec 7 Affidavit acknowledging receipt of stocks and shares from
Rudolf Einstein as Elsa’s dowry, to be transferred to her or
to her children upon his death.
Dec 12 Statement to the Verein Allgemeine Nährpflicht (Vol. 7,
Doc. 16).
Dec 23 Interrogated by the Berlin municipal court at the request of
the Zurich district court in his divorce case.
1919
Jan 5 Spartakus uprising in Berlin.
before Jan 9 Travels with Elsa Einstein to Switzerland.
Jan 9 E. Warburg nominates Einstein for the Nobel Prize in Phys-
ics for the quantum hypothesis, the theory of relativity, and
the theory of gravitation.
Jan 15 Communist leaders K. Liebknecht and R. Luxemburg mur-
dered.
Jan 19 M. Planck nominates Einstein for Nobel prize in physics for
general relativity, for its definition of inertia and gravitation,
and for thus providing a novel foundation to mechanics.

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