| 1867 |
born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw on
November 7 |
| 1891 |
went to Paris to continue her
studies at the Sorbonne where she obtained Licenciateships in Physics and
the Mathematical Sciences |
| 1894 |
met Pierre Curie, a Professor at
the School of Physics |
| 1895 |
married Pierre Curie |
| 1897 |
received doctorate in physics |
| 1898 |
discovered polonium and radium |
| 1903 |
gained
her doctor of science degree and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
with her husband for their discovery of natural radioactivity and
received, jointly with her husband, the Davy Medal of the Royal Society |
| 1905 |
author of Recherches sur les
Substances Radioactives (Investigations on radioactive substances) |
| 1906 |
Pierre died and took his position
as Professor of General Physics in the Faculty of Sciences, becoming the
first woman professor there, also appointed Director of the Curie
Laboratory in the Radium Institute of the University of Paris |
| 1910 |
author of L'Isotopie et es Elements
Isotopes (Isotopy and Isotopic elements) and the classic Traité
de radioactivité (Treatise on radioactivity) |
| 1911 |
she won the Nobel Prize on her own
in chemistry and was member of the Conseil du Physique Solvay until her
death |
| 1914 |
founded the Radium Institute by the
University of Paris and the Pasteur Institute |
| 1921 |
President Harding of the United
States, on behalf of the women of America, presented her with one gram of
radium in recognition of her service to science |
| 1922 |
member of the Committee of
Intellectual Co-Operation of the League of Nations |
| 1934 |
died from leukemia on July 4 |
