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Invention of Automobile

Germany · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1885–1887Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1885

Karl Benz1885

Science / Technology

Fits Daimlers engine to a 3 wheeled carriage

1886

Gottlieb Daimler1886

Science / Technology

Fits his engine to a 4 wheeled carriage

1887

Gottlieb Daimler23 May 1887

Science / Technology

1st Daimler takes to the road

Names involved

Gottlieb DaimlerKarl Benz

Provenance

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