| 1867 |
Born on November 7,
in Warsaw, Poland. |
| 1891 |
Studies at the Sorbonne University in Paris. |
| 1893 |
Graduates first in her class. |
| 1895 |
Marries Pierre Curie. |
| 1897 |
Daughter Irene is born. |
| 1898 |
Pursues her doctorate in physics. |
| 1902 |
Earns doctorate in physics. She is the first woman
in Europe to receive a doctroal degree. |
| 1903 |
Wins the Nobel Prize for Physics with husband Pierre
for discovering the source of radioactivity in uranium to be radium
and polonium. |
| 1904 |
Daughter Eve is born. |
| 1906 |
Husband Pierre dies. Becomes the first female professor
at the Sorbonne.. |
| 1911 |
Wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
for isolating radium and studying its chemical properties. |
| 1914-1918 |
Along with daughter, Irene, establishes the use of
X-rays on the battlefield. |
| 1934 |
Dies at age 77 of leukemia caused
by exposure to radiation. |
| 1935 |
Marie's eldest daughter, Irene Joliet Curie, wins the
Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity. |
