marie curie

  • born in warshaw, poland

    mother and father were both teachers in science.was one of four children. she had two sisters and a brother. she was the youngest.
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    marie curie

  • Garibaldi

    Garibaldi Joins republican France in the Franco-Prussian war, and is made commander of an army in the Vosges. After 1260 years, Rome ceases to be governed by the Popes and becomes the Capital of the new united Italy.
  • statue of liberty

    The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
  • moved to paris

    got licensed in pysics and mathmatical sciences
  • married perrie curie

  • a daughter is born

    irene joliot-curie is born in paris france.
  • curies help discover polonium and radium

    her and her husband helped create the 2 elements polonium and radium .
  • spanish-american war

    On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor . The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands.
  • first nobel prize

    marie curie and her husband get a nobel prize for the discovery of raduim. she only gets half, pierre gets the other. first ever to share a nobel prize with someone.
  • doctor of science degree

    Marie gains her doctor of science degree at the Sorbonne. She succeeds her husband as heads of the physics laboratory.
  • another daughter is born

    eve curie was also born in paris france.
  • pierre curie dies

    dies in a carriage accident.
  • model t car

    In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create "a motor car for the great multitude." At that time, automobiles were expensive, custom-made machines.
  • won another nobel prize

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was awarded to Marie Curie in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium.
  • helping out with the world war

    During the world war Marie Curie pushed for the use of mobile radiography units, which came to be popularly known as petites Curies. these where used for the treatment of wounded soilders. These are now known today as X-Ray machines.
  • world war 1 ends

    The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.
  • visting the usa

    Marie Curie visited the White House to receive the gift of the gram of radium from President Harding.
  • mickey mouse

    1927, Walt created Mickey mouse. Mickey would become one of the world's famous cartoon character.
  • fought for cancer

    having cancer herself, marie wanted to help fight cancer by doing many researches
  • hitler

    With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Fuhrer, or "Leader."
  • death

    On July 4, 1934, at the Sancellemoz Sanatorium in Passy, France at the age of 66, Marie Curie died .she died of aplastic anemia, a blood disease that is often caused by too much exposure to radiation.