The Events of the Curie's Lives By jpilk2 May 15, 1859 Pierre was born Nov 7, 1867 Marie Curie was born Jan 1, 1893 Marie Received a Mathematics Degree Jan 1, 1894 Marie Received her Physics Degree Jul 1, 1896 Pierre and Marie married Jan 1, 1897 Daughter Irene was born Jan 1, 1898 Together Discovered Radium Jul 1, 1898 Together discovered Polonium Oct 7, 1898 Marie drew the revolutionary conclusion that pitchblende contains a small amount of an unknown radiating element Oct 7, 1903 Marie obtained her doctorate for a thesis on radioactive substances Jan 1, 1904 Daughter Eve was born Apr 19, 1906 Pierre run down by car and died Oct 8, 1906 Marie became the first female proffessor at the university Oct 8, 1911 Marie received her second nobel prize, this time for Chemistry Period: Oct 7, 1914 to Oct 7, 1918 Marie Curie dedicated herself entirely to the development of the use of X rays in medicine Jul 4, 1934 Marie died of Leukemia
