Marie Curie

First Event

Nov 7, 1867

Born in Warsaw, Poland

Second Event

Jun 12, 1883

Awarded a gold medal for being ''best student'' in high school

Third Event

Nov 3, 1891

Entered the Sorbonne as Marie Sklodowska

Fourth Event

Jul 16, 1895

Married Pierre Curie

Fifth Event

Dec 26, 1898

Discovered radium in rocks

Sixth Event

Nov 21, 1903

Won a Nobel Prize for finding radium

Seventh Event

May 13, 1908

Appointed full professor at the Sorbonne

Eighth Event

May 17, 1911

Awarded Noble Prize in chemistry

Ninth Event

Jun 14, 1914

Helped treat wounded soldiers when France was attacked during World War I

Tenth Event

Jul 4, 1934

Died from a blood disease caused by radium