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1867

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Marie Curie born on November 7 ,1867 in Warsaw, Poland

1876

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As a child she was religious but rejected her faith after her sister died of typhus in 1876. Two years later her mother died of tuberculosis.

1891

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Marie traveled to Paris in France, where she studied physics, chemistry and matematics at the University Sobornne

1894

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In 1894 she looked for a laboratory where she could work on his research project on metal mixtures, where it was suggested that she visit Pierre Curie.

1895

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Marie married French physicist Pierre Curie.

1897

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The couple's first daughter, Irène, had just been born, and it was then that the Curies turned their attention to the mysterious radiation from uranium recently discovered by Antoine Henri Becquerel

1898

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Marie and Pierre discover a new element that emits radiation, which Marie calls "polonium" after her home country, Poland.

1900

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Marie becomes the first woman to obtain a doctorate in Sciences at the University of Paris.

1903

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Marie and Pierre Curie receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in radiation. Marie becomes the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

1934

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Marie Curie dies of leukemia, possibly caused by her exposure to radiation during her scientific work.