1888

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Benz sales in France established

Benz sales in France established

Spring 1888
The Paris-based French engineer and designer Émile Roger is granted exclusive distribution rights in France for vehicle...

Daimler presents fire pump with engine

Daimler presents fire pump with engine

29 July 1888
Gottlieb Daimler registers his "self-propelling fire pump" at the Imperial Patent Office (patent no. DRP 46 779 of 15 A...

First airship with gasoline engine

First airship with gasoline engine

10 August 1888
From the yard of the Daimler factory on the Seelberg hill in Cannstatt, Leipzig bookseller Dr Friedrich Hermann Wölfert...

Bertha Benz makes the world's first long-distance journey in a car

Bertha Benz makes the world's first long-distance journey in a car

August 1888
Bertha Benz and her two sons, Eugen and Richard, together undertake the first long-distance journey in automotive histor...

Gold Medal for Benz Patent Motor Car

Gold Medal for Benz Patent Motor Car

12 September 1888
Carl Benz gives a public demonstration of his Patent Motor Car at the Munich Exhibition of Engines and Working Machines...

Steinway forms Daimler Motor Company in New York

Steinway forms Daimler Motor Company in New York

29 September 1888
Piano manufacturer William Steinway and Gottlieb Daimler together found the Daimler Motor Company with headquarters in...

Test drive of the "Daimler Motor Car, the new tram

Test drive of the "Daimler Motor Car, the new tram

7 October 1888
The "Schwäbische Kronik" reports on the previous day's test drive in the "Daimler Motor Car, the new tram". Fitted with...