16 moments

1. Birth in Kiel

   1858-04-23 · Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

   Max Planck was born in Kiel, then in the Duchy of Holstein.

2. Family move to Munich

   1867-01-01 · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

   

   Planck moved with his family to Munich, where he entered Maximiliansgymnasium and began the education that led him toward physics. Coordinates represent Munich; the cited passage does not identify the family residence.

3. Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University

   1874-01-01 · Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

   

   Planck enrolled at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, beginning his university physics studies.

4. Year of study in Berlin

   1877-01-01 · Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

   

   Planck went to Berlin for a year of study with Helmholtz, Kirchhoff, and Weierstrass. Coordinates represent the historic university’s main building, now Humboldt University of Berlin.

5. Teaching at his former Munich school

   1879-01-01 · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

   

   After defending his thesis, Planck briefly taught mathematics and physics at his former school in Munich. The source gives the teaching event after the February 1879 thesis defense but does not provide a more precise teaching date or school address.

6. Move to a Kiel apartment

   1887-03-01 · Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

   Following his marriage to Marie Merck, Planck moved into a sublet apartment in Kiel. Coordinates represent Kiel because the apartment address is not given.

7. Teaching at Friedrich Wilhelm University

   1889-01-01 · Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

   

   Planck began the long Berlin phase of his career, teaching at the Friedrich Wilhelm University building from 1889 onward. The quoted plaque supplies a teaching span; this card uses its supported starting year.

8. Adams lectures at Columbia University

   1909-01-01 · Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States

   Planck delivered the Ernest Kempton Adams lectures at Columbia University, an early major presentation of his theoretical physics in the United States. The source’s title supplies the year but not individual lecture dates.

9. First Solvay Conference

   1911-01-01 · Brussels, Belgium

   

   Planck attended the first Solvay Conference in Brussels, where discussions with Einstein contributed to his acceptance of Einstein’s arguments on quantum questions. Coordinates represent central Brussels; the cited passage does not specify the conference venue.

10. Nobel Prize visit to Stockholm

    1920-06-01 · Grand Hôtel Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

    

    Planck was photographed outside Stockholm’s Grand Hotel after arriving for the Nobel Prize award ceremony for his 1918 Physics Prize.

11. Retirement from Berlin professorship

    1926-01-10 · Berlin, Germany

    

    Planck retired from his Berlin university post after nearly four decades of teaching there. Coordinates represent Berlin because the cited retirement sentence does not identify a specific site.

12. Dinner hosted by Max von Laue

    1931-11-11 · Berlin, Germany

    

    Planck attended a Berlin dinner given by Max von Laue with Walther Nernst, Albert Einstein, Robert Millikan, and Laue. Coordinates represent Berlin because the dinner venue is not identified.

13. Relocation to Rogätz on the Elbe

    1943-01-01 · Rogätz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

    

    As air war intensified over Berlin, Planck relocated to Rogätz on the Elbe, where he stayed through the end of the war. The source provides only the year.

14. Evacuation to Göttingen

    1945-05-16 · Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Gerard Kuiper transported Planck from Rogätz to Göttingen in an American military jeep as the area was about to be transferred to Soviet control. Coordinates represent Göttingen; the source does not identify his arrival address.

15. Newton celebration at the Royal Society

    1946-01-01 · Royal Society, London, England, United Kingdom

    Planck traveled to London as the only German scientist attending the Royal Society’s Newton celebration. The source provides only the year.

16. Death in Göttingen

    1947-10-04 · Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

    

    Planck died in Göttingen after spending his final postwar years there with relatives. Coordinates represent Göttingen; the cited passage does not identify the exact house.