Henry ford timeline birth to death rate

Jun 17, 1903

Ford Motor Company organized, with John S. Gray as President and Henry Ford as Vice President. Stockholders are: Henry Ford, Alexander Malcomson, John W. Anderson, C.H. Bennett, James Couzens, Horace E. Dodge, John F. Dodge, Vernon C. Fry, John S. Gray, Horace H. Rackham, Albert Strelow and Charles J. Woodall.

Jul 23, 1903

Company sells its first car, a two-cylinder Model A, assembled at Mack Avenue Plant in Detroit.

Aug 17, 1904

FMC of Canada, LTD. incorporated near Windsor, Ontario.

Dec 1904

Production begins at Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

Oct 22, 1906

Henry Ford becomes President of Ford Motor Company.

Oct 1, 1908

First Model T made available to the public. Continues until 1927.

Jan 1, 1910

Manufacturing operations transferred to Highland Park, Michigan Plant.

1911

First overseas plant established in Trafford Park, Manchester, England.

Apr 1, 1913

First experiments with assembly line begin at Highland Park Plant. Early trials with assembly of components like magnetos and transmissions are followed by development of chassis assembly line in August 1913.

Jan 12, 1914

$5 daily wage for 8-hour day replaces $2.34 for 9-hour day for male factory workers. Adopted for women workers in Oct 1916.

Dec 10, 1915

1 millionth Ford car produced.

April 1, 1917

Construction begins on Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.

Jul 2, 1917

First Ford truck introduced, powered by Model T engine.

Oct 1, 1917

Fordson tractor production begins. Only produced in North America until Feb 1928, but continues in Ireland.

Jan 1, 1919

Edsel Ford succeeds his father, Henry Ford, as President. The Fords become sole owners of the company by purchasing stock of the other shareholders.

Feb 4, 1922

Ford Motor Company purchases Lincoln Motor Company for $8 million. Edsel Ford named President of Lincoln.

Jan 15, 1926

Ford Airport dedicated in Dearborn.

May 1, 1926

Five-day, 40-hour work week adopted for factory workers. Adopted for office workers on

American business magnate (1863–1947)

This article is about the American industrialist. For other people with the same name, see Henry Ford (disambiguation).

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism. In 1911, he was awarded a patent for the transmission mechanism that would be used in the Ford Model T and other automobiles.

Ford was born in a farmhouse in Springwells Township, Michigan, and left home at the age of 16 to find work in Detroit. It was a few years before this time that Ford first experienced automobiles, and throughout the later half of the 1880s, he began repairing and later constructing engines, and through the 1890s worked with a division of Edison Electric. He founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903 after prior failures in business, but success in constructing automobiles.

The introduction of the Ford Model T automobile in 1908 is credited with having revolutionized both transportation and American industry. As the sole owner of the Ford Motor Company, Ford became one of the wealthiest people in the world.^&#

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