Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Henri Poincare Biography and Timeline

Follow Henri Poincare through 3 dated historical records for France.

Henri Poincare, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records
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1898–1905Years on this page

1898

Relativity, Theory of

Mathematician · Paris · Science / Physics

Poincare discusses the conventional nature of simultaneity and the synchronization of distant clocks

1904

Relativity, Theory of

Mathematician · St Louis · Science / Physics

Poincare states a principle of relativity in a lecture on the future of mathematical physics

1905

Relativity, Theory of

Mathematician · Paris · Science / Physics

Poincare publishes work on the dynamics of the electron using Lorentz transformations and relativistic ideas

Records, sources and methodology

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