Historical place archive

Göttingen in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Göttingen in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1915–1915

Historical events in Göttingen

1915

1915
Göttingen Relativity Lectures
Albert Einstein · Physics

Lectures on gravitation in Göttingen, stimulating intense discussion with leading mathematicians.

18 December 1915
Göttingen Society Corresponding Membership
Albert Einstein · Physics

Elected a corresponding member of the Royal Society of Sciences at Göttingen.

Provenance

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