| JULY 30, 1863 | Birth of Henry Ford at Greenfield township, near Dearborn in Michigan State; U.S.A. |
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| 1879 | Henry left the family farm for Detroit. He worked there as an apprentice machinist for three years. | |
| 1882 | He returned to his family’s farm at Greenfield, Michigan. | |
| 1888 | He married his childhood sweetheart. He purchased an 80-acre farm. | |
| 1890 | Henry started experimenting with the concept of a horseless carriage. | |
| 1891 | He started working as an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. | |
| 1893 | Clara and Henry’s first and only child, Edsel, was born. | |
| 1896 | Henry completed his first little car, the Quadricycle in the backyard of his house shed in Detroit. | |
| 1899 | He quit his job and started devoting his full
attention on manufacturing automobiles. |
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| 1901 | He founded The Henry Ford Company. | |
| 1902 | After a financial dispute, Henry quit the Ford Company, which continued without him with new name The Cadillac Motor Car Company. | |
| JUNE 16, 1903 | His own Ford Motor Company is officially incorporated. | |
| 1903 | Ford’s first model ‘A’ appeared in the market in Detroit. | |
| 1904 | He set a world record by driving his ‘999’ car on a frozen lake in Michigan. | |
| 1908 | Ford introduced his famous model ‘T’,
which proved to be an affordable car for the |
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