Henry Ford Timeline

By Amsamaso10

  • Henry Ford is Born

    Henry Ford is Born

  • Mother dies, later goes to Detroit with father

    After his mother's death, Henry Ford goes to Detroit with his father. There he is intrigued by the steam engine.

  • Leaves home to move to Detroit to pursue career

  • Marries Clara Bryant

  • Takes job with Edison Illuminating Company

  • Edsel Ford is born

  • Completes and tests the Quadricycle

  • Starts the Detroit Automobile Company

  • First car is sold

  • Detroit Automobile Company starts to go out of business

  • Builds his first racecar to race in the first big automobile race in Detroit

  • Henry Ford Company is formed

  • The company ends association with Ford

  • Builds another racecar, but this time doesn't race

  • Ford Motor Company is formed

  • The company sells their first car, a model A

  • Henry Ford races again

  • Father dies

  • Model t is introduced

  • First moving assembly line is put into production

  • introduces $5 a day pay rate and eight hour workday

  • Speaks out against fighting in World War I

  • Diagnosed with influenza and severe nerve exhaustion

  • Production of the model T stops

  • New model A is unveiled