Marie Curie, Girl Wonder By Tara Cole Nov 7, 1867 Marie Skłodowska-Curie was born Period: Nov 7, 1867 to Jul 4, 1934 Birth to Death May 1, 1878 Marie's mother dies because of tuberculosis Jan 1, 1891 Marie went to study in Paris, France Jul 26, 1895 Marie married Pierre Curie Jan 1, 1897 Marie had her daughter Jan 1, 1898 Marie named an element that she dicovered after her home country, Poland Jan 1, 1898 Marie's husband stopped his work and joined her in the lab Jan 1, 1903 Won the nobel prize for physics Jan 1, 1911 Marie won the nobel prize for chemistry Jan 1, 1915 Marie made hollow needles filled with 'radium emanitor' to sterilize infected tissue Jan 1, 1934 Husband died because of skull fracture in carridge accident Jul 4, 1934 Marie died