Marie and Pierre Curie Sam By sreev7 May 15, 1859 Piere was Born Dec 1, 1867 Marie - Born in Warsaw Dec 1, 1893 Marie - Recieved a Degree in Physics Dec 1, 1894 Marie - Recieved a Degree in Mathmatics Jul 1, 1895 Married in Sceaux Dec 1, 1895 Pierre Submitted his Doctoral Thesis Dec 1, 1896 Marie - Passed her Teacher's Diploma Sep 1, 1897 Irène was Born Jun 30, 1898 Had found a substance that was about 300 times more strongly active than uranium Dec 1, 1898 Polonium Discovered Dec 26, 1898 New Element named Radium Jun 25, 1903 Presented Radiums Atomic Wieght in Doctoral Thesis Dec 1, 1903 Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physics. Dec 1, 1903 Was Awarded Prize for Physics Apr 19, 1906 Pierre Curie was Killed Dec 1, 1908 Marie, as the first woman ever, was appointed to become a professor at the Sorbonne. Dec 1, 1911 In 1911 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Dec 1, 1914 Became the Director of the Red Cross Radiology Service and set up France's first military radiology centre Dec 1, 1915 Marie produced hollow needles containing 'radium emanation', Jul 4, 1934 Marie Curie died of leukemia