Daimler, Gottlieb Wilhelm

1834 - Born on the 17th of March in Schorndorf, Germany.

1847 - Completed his six years of primary studies in Lateinschule.

1852 - He decided to take up mechanical engineering.

1857 - Took up his first mechanical engineering work in industry at Graffenstaden, but abandoned to begin studies at the Stuttgart Polytechnic.

1863 - Daimler started in a special factory, a Bruderhaus in Reutlingen. 

1869 - Moved to Karlsruhe, to work at the engineering manufacturer, Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe AG.

1872 - Worked at the world's largest manufacturer of stationary engines of the time, the Deutz-AG-Gasmotorenfabrik in Cologne.

1880 - Daimler was fired, receiving 112,000 Gold-marks in Deutz-AG.

1885 - Patented a precursor of the modern petrol engine, which they subsequently fitted to a two-wheeler, considered the first motorcycle.

1890 - Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach founded Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG).

1892 - They sold their first automobile.

1893 - Daimler fell ill that led to his resignation.

1900 - Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler died on 6th of March.