Marie Curie

  • Marie Curie was born

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    Marie Curie's Life

  • Marie's mother and sister Zosia leave for a healthier climate

  • The Russian tsar, In control at the time, fired Marie's father and they became very poor

  • Marie's sister Zosia dies from Typhus

  • Marie's mother dies from TB

  • Marie becomes valedictorian of her high school

  • Marie starts working as a Governess

  • Marie gets a letter saying she can go back home

  • Marie enrolls at Sorbonne in Paris

  • Marie recieves her degree in Physics

  • Marie gets married to Pierre Curie

  • Marie discovers Polonium

  • Marie discovers radium

  • Marie proves that radium is a new element

  • Marie recieves her PhD in Physics

  • Marie wins the Nobel Peace Prize for Physics

  • Pierre is killed in an accident

  • Marie wins her second Nobel Prize, this one for chemistry

  • The Radium Institute, founded by Marie, finishes construction

  • Marie dies from the flu in her sister's Sanatorium