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Pierre Curie Physics Timeline

This static page gathers the Physics records in the database for Pierre Curie.

23 records1859–1906

Pierre Curie in the Physics archive

This static timeline brings together 23 physics records for Pierre Curie, spanning 1859–1906. The records connect the physicist with events including Birth of Pierre Curie, Physics Education, Piezoelectricity, Inverse Piezoelectric Effect, Piezoelectric Verification, ESPCI Appointment.

Locations and countries represented in this timeline include France. Use the chronological table below to follow the sequence of research, discoveries, appointments and related events.

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Date	Person	Event	Place	Description
15 May 1859	Pierre Curie Physicist	Birth of Pierre Curie	Paris, France	Birth of Pierre Curie in Paris.
1878	Pierre Curie Physicist	Physics Education	Paris, France	Earns his licence in physics from the Sorbonne.
1880	Pierre Curie Physicist	Piezoelectricity	Paris, France	Discovers piezoelectricity with his brother Jacques Curie.
1881	Pierre Curie Physicist	Inverse Piezoelectric Effect	Paris, France	Helps experimentally verify the inverse piezoelectric effect.
1881	Pierre Curie Physicist	Inverse Piezoelectric Effect	Paris, France	Shows crystals can deform under an electric field.
1881	Pierre Curie Physicist	Piezoelectric Verification	Paris, France	Shows that electric fields can deform suitable crystals.
1882	Pierre Curie Physicist	ESPCI Appointment	Paris, France	Joins the Paris School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry.
1894	Pierre Curie Physicist	Meets Marie Sklodowska	Paris, France	Meets Marie Sklodowska through scientific contacts in Paris.
26 July 1895	Pierre Curie Physicist	Marriage	Sceaux, France	Marries Marie Sklodowska and begins a famous scientific partnership.
1895	Pierre Curie Physicist	Curie Law	Paris, France	Formulates the inverse relation between susceptibility and temperature.
1895	Pierre Curie Physicist	Curie Point	Paris, France	Shows that magnetic properties change at a critical temperature.
1895	Pierre Curie Physicist	Doctorate	Paris, France	Receives a doctorate for research on magnetism.
12 September 1897	Pierre Curie Physicist	Birth of Irene Curie	Paris, France	Becomes father of Irene Curie.
18 July 1898	Pierre Curie Physicist	Discovery of Polonium	Paris, France	Works with Marie Curie in announcing the discovery of polonium.
26 December 1898	Pierre Curie Physicist	Discovery of Radium	Paris, France	Works with Marie Curie and Gustave Bemont in announcing radium.
1900	Pierre Curie Physicist	Sorbonne Professor	Paris, France	Becomes professor in the Faculty of Sciences.
1901	Pierre Curie Physicist	Radium Effects	Paris, France	Studies physiological effects of radium with medical collaborators.
10 December 1903	Pierre Curie Physicist	Nobel Prize	Stockholm, France	Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for research on radiation phenomena discovered by Henri Becquerel.
10 December 1903	Pierre Curie Physicist	Nobel Prize in Physics	Stockholm, France	Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for radiation research.
1903	Pierre Curie Physicist	Davy Medal	London, France	Receives the Davy Medal with Marie Curie.
1904	Pierre Curie Physicist	Sorbonne Chair	Paris, France	Becomes titular professor at the Sorbonne.
6 June 1905	Pierre Curie Physicist	Nobel Lecture	Stockholm, France	Delivers the Nobel lecture on radioactive substances.
19 April 1906	Pierre Curie Physicist	Death of Pierre Curie	Paris, France	Dies after a street accident in Paris.

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