Cars timeline
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Étienne Lenoir is born
Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir was a Belgian engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1859. Prior designs for such engines were... Read more
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Nicolaus Otto is Born
Nikolaus August Otto (14 June 1832, Holzhausen an der Haide, Nassau - 26 January 1891, Cologne) was the German inventor of the first... Read more
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Gottlieb Daimler is Born
Automotive pioneer Gottlieb Daimler attended technical school and apprenticed as a gunsmith, before deciding in about 1861 that there would be a... Read more
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Karl Friedrich Benz is Born
Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled as Carl, (November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Germany) was a German engine designer... Read more
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Four-Stroke Engine is Patented
The four-stroke or Otto cycle was patented by Felice Malteucci and Eugene Barsanti in 1854 and is used commonly today in the internal combustion... Read more
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Lenoir Patents First Internal Combustion Two-Stroke Engine
By 1859, Lenoir's experimentation with electricity led him to develop the first internal combustion engine, a single-cylinder two-stroke engine... Read more
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Henry Ford Is Born
Automobile manufacturer Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on his family's farm in what is present-day Dearborn, Michigan. From the time that he... Read more
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Otto Builds his First Functioning Four-Stroke Engine
Though Otto had great success with his atmospheric engines, the really reliable and effective engine was not yet found. Otto was looking already... Read more
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Benz Finishes Making his Two-Stroke Gas Engine
To get more revenues, in 1878 he began to work on new patents. First, he concentrated all his efforts on creating a reliable gas two-stroke engine.... Read more
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Daimler-Maybach Builds Reitwagen, First Motorcycle
In November 1885, Daimler installed a smaller version of this engine in a wooden bicycle, creating the first motorcycle (Patent 36-423impff & Sohn... Read more
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Benz Applies for a Patent for the First Automobile
The Karl Benz Patent Motorwagen (or motorcar), built in 1885, is widely regarded as the first automobile, that is, a vehicle designed to be... Read more
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Nikolaus Otto dies
Nikolaus Otto worked as a traveling salesman until he became fascinated by his era's breakthroughs in gas and steam engines, especially Étienne... Read more
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Enzo Ferrari is Born
Enzo Ferrari was born in Modena Italy on February 18 1898. He came from a well to do family that owned a metal foundry making railroad parts, they... Read more
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Gottlieb Daimler Dies
In a letter to his wife in the 1870s there was historically significant remark. On a panoramic postcard of Cologne, Gottieb Daimler traced a three... Read more
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Étienne Lenoir dies
Self-taught chemist and inventor Étienne Lenoir built the first practical internal-combustion engine, with valves allowing both the intake of an... Read more
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Ford Model A is First Produced
The original Ford Model A was the first car produced by Ford Motor Company, beginning production in 1903. Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago, Illinois... Read more
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Ford Model B is First Produced
Ford Model B was an upscale touring car introduced in 1904. It was Ford's first car to use the front-engine layout, with a large 24 hp 4-cylinder... Read more
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Ford Model C is First Produced
The Ford Model C was introduced in 1904 and was a version of the first Ford Model A with more modern look, slightly more powerful engine and 15 cm... Read more
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Rolls-Royce Releases its First Car, the 10 hp
The Rolls-Royce 10 hp was the first car to be produced as a result of an agreement of 23 December 1904 between Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, and... Read more
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Ford Model F is First Produced
The Ford Model F is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was a development of the Model A and Model C, but was larger, more modern,... Read more
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Ford Model K is First Produced
Ford Model K was an upscale automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was introduced in 1906 and replaced the earlier Model B. The model K... Read more
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Rolls-Royce Rolls Out the New Silver Ghost
The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost refers both to a car model and to one specific car from that series. Originally named the "40/50 h.p." the chassis... Read more
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Ford Model N is First Produced
The Ford Model N was an inexpensive automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was introduced in 1906 as a successor to the Models A, C and... Read more
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Ford Model R is First Produced
The Model R was a higher trim level of the Model N with a larger body and wheels covered by full cycle fenders. An oil lamp was also added, and... Read more
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Ford Model T is First Produced
The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and Flivver) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908... Read more