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Carl Benz

German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)

8 dated entries naming Carl Benz, drawn from 6 separate years between 1844 CE and 1929 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1844November 25 – Karl Benz, German automotive pioneer (d. 1929)source
  • 1885Karl Benz produces the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in Mannheim (Germany), regarded as the first automobile (patented and publicly launched the following year).source
  • 1886January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885).source
  • 1886July 3 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen.source
  • 1888August 1 – Carl Benz is issued with the world's first driving licence by the Grand Duchy of Baden.source
  • 1888August 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.source

20th century

  • 1924May 11 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by the merging of companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz.source
  • 1929April 4 – Karl Benz, German automotive pioneer (b. 1844)source

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