Marie Curie

Marie Curie was born

Jul 11, 1867

Marie Curie was born on the 7th of November 1867 in Warsaw, Poland

Marie moved to Paris

1891

Marie went to Paris to study at Sorbonne.

Marie gets married to Pierre Curie

1895

Marie got married to Pierre Curie which is how she got her last name "Curie"

Marie discovers Polonium

1898

Marie Curie and Pierre Curie discover Polonium while investigating radioactivity in pitchblende (uranium oxide).

Marie Curie discovers radium

1902

Marie was hired to do some experiments, While working on them she discovered pure radium.

Marie and her husband win a Nobel Prize

1903

They where awarded with a Nobel Prize for their work with radioactivity.

Marie won her second Nobel Prize

1911

Marie's creation the x-ray was used in WW1

1914

Marie's creation the x-ray was used in WW1 to locate where the soldiers had been shot and where the bullet had hit them.

Marie devotes her life to medicine

1922

Marie became a member of the French Academy of Medicine in 1922

Marie Curie dies

1934

Marie got sick and died shortly after because of too much exposure to radiation