{"slug": "carl-benz", "label": "Carl Benz", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Benz", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40224", "qid": "Q40224", "description": "German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1844, 1929], "span_label": ["1844 CE", "1929 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Karl Benz"], "related": [{"slug": "mannheim", "label": "Mannheim", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gottlieb-daimler", "label": "Gottlieb Daimler", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1844, "year_label": "1844 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – Karl Benz, German automotive pioneer (d. 1929)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372570203#October–December", "title": "1844", "revid": 1372570203, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Karl Benz produces the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in Mannheim (Germany), regarded as the first automobile (patented and publicly launched the following year).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#Date_unknown", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679431#January", "title": "1886", "revid": 1372679431, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679431#July", "title": "1886", "revid": 1372679431, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Carl Benz is issued with the world's first driving licence by the Grand Duchy of Baden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#August", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Bertha Benz arrives in Pforzheim having driven 40 mi from Mannheim in a car manufactured by her husband Carl Benz, thus completing the first \"long-distance\" drive in the history of the automobile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#August", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1924, "year_label": "1924 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by the merging of companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372136634#May", "title": "1924", "revid": 1372136634, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – Karl Benz, German automotive pioneer (b. 1844)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#April", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Deaths › April"}}]}