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French, Czech and German form of Maria (see MARY). A notable bearer of this name was Marie Antoinette, the queen of France who was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. Another was Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist who studied radioactivity with her husband Pierre.
In 1778 an ordinance providing for a government of the Northwestern Territory, as it was then called, was passed. This led to a settlement that later became Cincinnati.