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Events on Thursday 21 February 1901 1
1901Becomes a Swiss citizenA nationality he kept for the rest of his lifeEinstein was naturalised in Zurich on 21 February 1901. He was declared unfit for Swiss military service because of flat feet and varicose veins. He held Swiss citizenship until his death, alongside his later American one.