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John D. Rockefeller

American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)

9 dated entries naming John D. Rockefeller, drawn from 9 separate years between 1839 CE and 1937 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

  • 1839July 8 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist, philanthropist (d. 1937)source
  • 1867December 18 – Angola Horror (Buffalo, New York-area train wreck): The fiery death of 49 people leads John D. Rockefeller to develop and sell his Mineral Seal 300 F Fire-Tested Burning Oil, and George Westinghouse to invent the railway air brake, which is mandated in the United States in 1893.source
  • 1870January 10 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.source
  • 1871c. November – The South Improvement Company is formed in Pennsylvania by John D. Rockefeller and a group of major United States railroad interests, in an early effort to organize and control the American petroleum industry.source
  • 1882January 2 – The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.source
  • 1899July 7 – The Great Lakes Towing Company is incorporated by John D. Rockefeller and William G. Mather to acquire more than 150 tugboats to control shipping in four of the North American Great Lakes and quickly builds a monopoly on Great Lakes traffic.source

20th century

  • 1913May 14 – New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller.source
  • 1916September 29 – John D. Rockefeller becomes the first person to reach a nominal personal fortune of US$1 billionsource
  • 1937May 23 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist, philanthropist (b. 1839)source

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