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Marie Curie's Birthdate.
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. She got a nroaml education from schools, and she also got some from her father, who taught her some science. (Marie Curie, 6) -
Marie Graduates.
Marie Curie graduated from her high school, or gymnasium, in 1883. She was two years younger than everyone else in her class, and she still graduated first in her class. (Marie Curie, 9) -
The Eiffel Tower is built
In March of 1889, The Eiffel Tower had its inaguaration. The Eiffel tower still atrracts the most tourists to this area in Paris becasue of this wonderful structure. (http://www.history.com, Eiffel Tower) -
Japan recieves Constitution
Japan recieves its first written constitution. The "emperor's legislative power was exercised only with the consent of the Imperial Diet". And for this, it was said that the Diet could not be excersized. (http://www.historycentral.com, Japan Recieved First Written Constitution) -
Marie Attends Sorbonne
After Marie graduated, she wanted to go and study medicine at a better school than she had been at. She then started to attend Sorbonne, and she spent much of her time in the labratory, She had high ambitions in science, but she was very quiet, and knew that she might not be good enough for that. She got her 2nd masters degree in mathematics, which is very important because this now gave her the right skills to suceed in science, what she really wanted all along. (Marie Curie, 11) -
Marie gets married to Pierre.
Pierre was a brilliant physican, and he worked in the same labratory that Marie did. Pierre fell in love with Marie, and they got married on July 26th, 1895. Pierre was a very important part of Marie's life, he helped her accomplish the goals that she had. with their combined money, they gathered their resources and with barely a proper labratory, and discovered radium. She probablywouldnt have been able to do this without his help, and he was a great partner. (Marie Curie, 26) -
Marie Curie Discovers Radium
In the spring of 1898, Marie Curie discovered the radioactive radium in her maskeshift lab. She had been testing for radioactivity in elements like salts, oxides, and compounds. She her used electrometer to test for this. Once she found raidum, she gained fame from this great discovery. (Marie Curie, 40) -
Marie Earns a Doctorate in Physics
In June, she recieved her doctorate in physics. This is significant because no other women has ever recieved a doctorate in physics, for discovering radium. (http://www.livescience.com, Radioactive) -
Panama declares independence from Colombia
Paname declared independence from Colombia with the help of the US governement. They also had problems getting complete control of the Panama Canal, and they finally got control in 1999. (http://www.history.com, Panama declares independence) -
Marie wins the Nobel Prize
With Marie being recognized with this prize, it gave the Curie's some extra money to update their lab some more, so that they could try more experiements, and try to learn more about raidum. Without this extra money, they might have not been able to support their family, or get the necessary equipment that they needed to keep experiementing. It also gave them high popularity in all the scientists in the world. -
Wright Brothers First Flight
On december 17th, the Wright Brothers launched their first flight, which lasted 12 seconds and it went 120 feet. It only went up 20 feet into the air, but it was a great start. (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com, The Wright Brothers- First Flight, 1903 -
World War 1 Begins.
World War begins in this year, and the war was often fought in the trenches. This was was said to be "the war to end all wars" . It also was called the Great War, more than 9 million people were killed, and 21 million wounded. (http://history1900s.about.com, What Was World War 1?). -
Marie helps in the war
When the war was starting in 1914, Marie stopped her studies or radioactive materials and wanted to make a difference. So she sent out x=rays to all the doctors the were positioned on the front. (www.livescience.com, Later Years) -
Nazi's Come to Power in Germany
The Nazi' came to power in Germany, and this was the beginning of the boycotting of jews. There were about 600,000 Jew's living in Germany at this time, and they decided that they were not important to their society. (http://www.ushmm.org, Boycott of Jewish Businesses) -
Marie Curie's Death.
Marie Curie died on July 4th, 1934. She had bronchitis and tubercolosis, and she had also gotten very ill from amnesia caused by the radiation in her labs. She grew sicker and sicker as time went on, and she didn't know that she was dying. Her daughter, Eve Curie, decided not to let her mother know of her awaited fate. Her last words were "I want to be left alone." -
Discovery of 96th element
The Curies got an honor after she died in 1944 for the discovery of the 96th element on the Periodic Table of the Elements. They named it curium. (www.livescience.com, Later Years)