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Switzerland in 1912

Historical records for Switzerland in 1912, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

4Records
4Events
2Named people
2Places
2Categories

Historical records

January

1 January 1912President of SwitzerlandLudwig Forrer

Bern · Government / Government of Switzerland

Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.

October

1 October 1912ETH Zurich ProfessorshipAlbert Einstein

Zurich · Science / Physics

Begins work as professor of theoretical physics at ETH Zurich.

Other Events

1912Tensor Calculus CollaborationAlbert Einstein

Zurich · Science / Physics

Works with Marcel Grossmann to master tensor calculus for a relativistic theory of gravitation.

1912Zurich NotebookAlbert Einstein

Zurich · Science / Physics

Uses the Zurich Notebook to explore candidate gravitational field equations and differential geometry.

Names involved

Albert EinsteinLudwig Forrer

Places involved

BernZurich

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.